Revised Standard Version RSV
GOD'S WORD Translation GW
1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
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From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2 saying, "I called to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and thou didst hear 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 deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed 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 Then I said, 'I am cast out from thy presence; how shall I again look upon 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 closed in over me, the deep was round about me; 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 at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O LORD 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 the LORD; and my prayer came to 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 Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their true loyalty.
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Those who hold on to worthless idols abandon their loyalty [to you].
9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to thee; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance belongs to the LORD!"
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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 the LORD spoke to 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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