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1 And Ionas prayed vnto ye lord his god out of ye bowels of the fish.
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From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2 And he sayde: in my tribulacion I called vn to the lorde and he answered me: out of the bely of hell I cried ad thou herdest my voyce.
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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.
3 For thou hadest cast me downe depe in the middes of the se: and the floud copased me aboute: and all thy waues and rowles of water wet ouer me:
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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 and I thought yt I had bene cast awaye out of thy sight. But I will yet agayne loke towarde thy holy temple.
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I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
5 The water copased me eue vn to the very soule of me: the depe laye aboute me: ad the wedes were wrappte aboude myne heed.
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The engulfing waters threatened me,the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 And I wet downe vn to the botome of the hylles and was barred in with erth on euery syde for euer. And yet thou lorde my God broughtest vp my life agayne out of corrupcion.
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To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, LORD my God, brought my life up from the pit.
7 When my soule faynted in me I thought on the lorde: and my prayer came in vn to the euen in to thy holy temple.
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“When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
8 They yt obserue vayne vanities haue forsake him that was mercifull vn to them.
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“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But I wil sacrifice vn to the with the voce of thankesgeuinge and will paye that I have vowed that sauinge cometh of the lorde.
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But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’ ”
10 And the lorde spake vn to the fish: and it cast out Ionas agayne vppon ye drie lande.
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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