Yunus 1:8

1:8 They said to him, “Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? ¹  What’s your occupation? Where do you come from? What’s your country? And who are your people?” ² 

[1:8]  ¹ tn Heb “On whose account is this calamity upon us?”

[1:8]  ² tn Heb “And from what people are you?”

[1:8]  sn Whose fault…What’s…Where…What’s… The questions delivered in rapid succession in this verse indicate the sailors’ urgency to learn quickly the reason for the unusual storm.