Jonah 2
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The prayer of Jonah
Verse 1
WEB Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
KJV Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
TSK prayed: 2ch 33:11-13, ps 50:15, ps 91:15, isa 26:16, ho 5:15, ho 6:1-3, jas 5:13; out: job 13:15, ps 130:1,2, la 3:53-56, ac 16:24,25
Verse 2
WEB He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
KJV And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
TSK I cried: ge 32:7-12,24-28, 1sa 30:6, ps 4:1, ps 18:4-6, ps 22:24, ps 34:6, ps 65:2, ps 120:1, ps 142:1-3, lu 22:44, heb 5:7; by reason of mine: 1sa 1:16; out: ps 18:5,6, ps 61:2, ps 86:13, ps 88:1-7, ps 116:3; hell: ps 16:10, isa 14:9, mt 12:40, ac 2:27; and thou: ps 34:6, ps 65:2
Verse 3
WEB For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
KJV For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
TSK thou: jon 1:12-16, ps 69:1,2,14,15, ps 88:5-8, la 3:54; all: ps 42:7
Verse 4
WEB I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
KJV Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
TSK I said: ps 31:22, ps 77:1-7, isa 38:10-14,17, isa 49:14, eze 37:11; out: 1ki 9:7, jer 7:15, jer 15:1; toward: 1ki 8:38,39,42,48, 2ch 6:38, ps 5:7, da 6:10
Verse 5
WEB The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
KJV The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
TSK The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.: ps 40:2, ps 69:1,2, la 3:54
Verse 6
WEB I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
KJV I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
TSK mountains: de 32:22, ps 65:6, ps 104:6,8, isa 40:12, hab 3:6,10; the earth: job 38:4-11, pr 8:25-29; yet: ps 16:10, isa 38:17, ac 13:33-37; corruption: job 33:24,28, ps 30:3,9, ps 55:23, ps 143:7
Verse 7
WEB “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
KJV When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
TSK my soul: ps 22:14, ps 27:13, ps 119:81-83, heb 12:3; I remembered: 1sa 30:6, ps 20:7, ps 42:5,11, ps 43:5, ps 77:10,11, ps 143:5, isa 50:10, la 3:21-26, 2co 1:9,10; my prayer: 2ch 30:27, ps 18:6; holy: jon 2:4, ps 11:4, ps 65:4, mic 1:2, hab 2:20
Verse 8
WEB Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
KJV They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
TSK They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.: 1sa 12:21, 2ki 17:15, ps 31:6, jer 2:13, jer 10:8,14,15, jer 16:19, hab 2:18-20
Verse 9
WEB But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
KJV But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
TSK I will sacrifice: ge 35:3, ps 50:14,23, ps 66:13-15, ps 107:22, ps 116:17,18, jer 33:11, ho 14:2, ro 12:1, heb 13:15; I will pay: de 23:18, 2sa 15:7, job 22:27, ec 5:4,5; Salvation: ps 3:8, ps 37:39,40, ps 68:20, isa 45:17, joh 4:22, ac 4:12, re 7:10
He is delivered from the fish
Verse 10
WEB Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.
KJV And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
TSK And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.: jon 1:17, ge 1:3,7,9,11,14, ps 33:9, ps 105:31,34, isa 50:2, mt 8:8,9,26,27