The Darby Translation DBY
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly;
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From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2 and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.
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Jonah prayed: "I called to the LORD in my distress, and he answered me. From the depths of my [watery] grave I cried for help, and you heard my cry.
3 For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
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You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea, and water surrounded me. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.
4 And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.
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"Then I thought, 'I have been banished from your sight. Will I ever see your holy temple again?'
5 The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.
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"Water surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep [sea] covered me completely. Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth [closed] upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
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I sank to the foot of the mountains. I sank to the bottom, where bars held me forever. But you brought me back from the pit, O LORD, my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.
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"As my life was slipping away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came to you in your holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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Those who hold on to worthless idols abandon their loyalty [to you].
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.
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But I will sacrifice to you with songs of thanksgiving. I will keep my vow. Victory belongs to the LORD!"
10 And Jehovah commanded the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
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Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it spit Jonah out onto the shore.
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