Jonah 2:1-10 (Holman Christian Standard)
Jonah's Prayer
1 Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from insidea the fish: 2 I called to the Lord in my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; You heard my voice.b 3 You threw me into the depths, into the heart of the seas,c and the currentd overcame me. All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.e 4 But I said: I have been banished from Your sight,f yet I will look once moreg toward Your holy temple.h 5 The waters engulfed me up to the neck;ij the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6 I sank to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! But You raised my life from the Pit, Lord my God!k 7 As my life was fading away, I remembered the Lord. My prayer came to You, to Your holy temple.l 8 Those who cling to worthless idols forsake faithful love,m 9 but as for me, I will sacrifice to You with a voice of thanksgiving.n I will fulfillo what I have vowed. Salvationp is from the Lord!q 10 Then the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.Holman Christian Standard Bible ® Copyright © 2003, 2002, 2000, 1999 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Holman Christian Standard)
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- Jonah
- Jonah 2
- Jonah 2:1
- Jonah 2:2
- Jonah 2:3
- Jonah 2:4
- Jonah 2:5
- Jonah 2:6
- Jonah 2:7
- Jonah 2:8
- Jonah 2:9
- Jonah 2:10
Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)
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Scofield Reference Notes (1917 Edition)
Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge
- Jonah
- Jonah 2
- Jonah 2:1
- Jonah 2:2
- Jonah 2:3
- Jonah 2:4
- Jonah 2:5
- Jonah 2:6
- Jonah 2:7
- Jonah 2:8
- Jonah 2:9
- Jonah 2:10
Wesley's Explanatory Notes
a.
Jonah 2:1 - Lit from the belly of
b.
Jonah 2:2 - Ps 18:6; 34:7
c.
Jonah 2:3 - Neh 9:11
d.
Jonah 2:3 - Lit river
e.
Jonah 2:3 - Ps 42:7
f.
Jonah 2:4 - Ps 31:23
g.
Jonah 2:4 - LXX reads said: Indeed, will I look . . . ?
h.
Jonah 2:4 - Ps 5:7; 138:2
i.
Jonah 2:5 - Or me, threatening my life
j.
Jonah 2:5 - Ps 69:1
k.
Jonah 2:6 - Ps 30:3; 86:13
l.
Jonah 2:7 - Ps 88:2
m.
Jonah 2:8 - Ps 31:6
n.
Jonah 2:9 - Ps 26:7
o.
Jonah 2:9 - Ps 22:5; 116:14,18; Ec 5:4
p.
Jonah 2:9 - Or Deliverance
q.
Jonah 2:9 - Ps 3:8; Isa 12:2; Rv 7:10