New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish,
1
Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
2 saying, "I called to the Lord out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
2
In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.
3 You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
3
For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
4 Then I said, "I am driven away from your sight; how shall I look again upon your holy temple?'
4
And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?
5 The waters closed in over me; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped around my head
5
The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.
6 at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.
6
I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
7 As my life was ebbing away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
7
When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
8 Those who worship vain idols forsake their true loyalty.
8
The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the Lord!"
9
But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.
10 Then the Lord spoke to the fish, and it spewed Jonah out upon the dry land.
10
And at the Lord's order, the fish sent Jonah out of its mouth on to the dry land.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Bible in Basic English is in the public domain.