Young's Literal Translation YLT
New International Version NIV
1 And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.
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From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2 And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.
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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 When Thou dost cast me [into] the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over 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 -- I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto 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 Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.
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The engulfing waters threatened me,the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.
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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 In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto 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 Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.
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“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.
9 And I -- with a voice of thanksgiving -- I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of Jehovah.
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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 Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land.
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And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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