Young's Literal Translation YLT
New King James Version NKJV
1 And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.
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Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish's belly.
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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And he said: "I cried out to the Lord because of my affliction, And He answered me. "Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice.
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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For You cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the floods surrounded me; All Your billows and Your waves passed 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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Then I said, 'I have been cast out of 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 waters surrounded me, even to my soul; The deep closed around me; Weeds were 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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I went down to the moorings of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed behind me forever; Yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord, my God.
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 soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple.
8 Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.
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"Those who regard worthless idols Forsake their own Mercy.
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 will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord."
10 And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land.
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So the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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