7 occurrences in 12 translations

'Asked' in the Bible

Then they asked him, "Tell us, please, for whose cause this evil is on us. What is your occupation? Where do you come from? What is your country? Of what people are you?"

Verse ConceptsWho Is The One?Where From?Why Does This Happen?jonah

In mounting terror, the men asked him, "What have you done?" The men were aware that he was fleeing from the LORD, because he had admitted this to them.

Verse ConceptsCowardiceFear, Of UnknownFleeing From GodWhat Do You Do?Knowing FactsBeing ScaredThe Presence Of Godsailingjonah

Because the sea was growing more and more stormy, they asked him, "What do we have to do to you so the sea will calm down for us?"

Verse ConceptsMaking StillDoing One's WorkThe Sea Stilled

{And when the sun rose}, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he grew faint. {And he asked that he could die} and said, "My death [is] better than my life!"

Verse ConceptsFaintingeastDespondency, Examples OfHeatHopelessnessThe SunWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWindCynicismWanting To DieAdvantagesOut Of The EastGod Dispensing WindDesire For DeathHot WeatherGod Appointing OthersLife DespisedrelaxingjonahThe East Wind

Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”“Yes,” he replied. “It is right. I’m angry enough to die!”

Verse ConceptsResigned To DeathAngry With God

But the LORD asked, "You cared about a vine plant that you neither worked on nor cultivated? A vine plant that grew up overnight and died overnight?

Verse ConceptsForbearance Of GodNot ToilingPeople Showing Mercy

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Demand (66 instances)
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