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Jonah 2:2
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Jonah 2:2
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He said: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
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Jonah 2:2 in Other Translations
KJV
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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.
ESV
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saying, "I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
NLT
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He said, “I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and LORD, you heard me!
MSG
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He prayed: "In trouble, deep trouble, I prayed to God. He answered me. From the belly of the grave I cried, 'Help!' You heard my cry.
CSB
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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.
Jonah 2:2 In-Context
1
From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2
He said: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
3
You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.
4
I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
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The engulfing waters threatened me,the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
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1.
Lamentations 3:55
2.
Psalms 18:6
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Psalms 120:1
3.
Psalms 86:13
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