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Jonah 2

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God out of the fish's belly. He said: I cried to the Lord because of my trouble, and he heard me. Out of the belly of hell I cried, and you heard my voice. You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood closed round me. All your breakers and your waves went over me. Then I said, I am

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The prayer from the fish

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God out of the fish's belly. He said: I cried to the Lord because of my trouble, and he heard me. Out of the belly of hell I cried, and you heard my voice. You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood closed round me. All your breakers and your waves went over me. Then I said, I am driven out of your sight. Yet I will look again toward your holy temple. The waters closed over me, right to the soul. The deep shut me in. Weed was wrapped about my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever. Yet you brought my life up from corruption, Lord my God. When my soul was fainting inside me I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came in to you, into your holy temple. Those who cling to worthless lies walk away from the mercy that was theirs. But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. What I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord. And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out onto the dry land.

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish. And he said: I called out to the Lord in my hard place, and he heard me. Out of the belly of the grave I cried out, and you heard my voice. Because you threw me into the deep, into the middle of the seas, and the floods went round me. All your waves and your breakers went over me. Then I said: I'm thrown out of your sight. But I'll look towards your holy temple again. The waters went right round me, right to my soul. The deep closed round me. The weeds were wrapped round my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with its bars was round me forever. But you've brought my life up out of the pit, Lord my God. When my soul fainted inside me, I remembered the Lord. And my prayer came in to you, into your holy temple. The ones who hold onto empty nothings walk out on the mercy that's theirs. But I'll sacrifice to you with the voice of thanks. I'll pay what I've vowed. Salvation belongs to the Lord. And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw Jonah up on the dry land.

Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

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Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God out of the fish's belly.

Plain English

Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the fish.

King James Version, 1611

Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,

2

He said: I cried to the Lord because of my trouble, and he heard me. Out of the belly of hell I cried, and you heard my voice.

Plain English

And he said: I called out to the Lord in my hard place, and he heard me. Out of the belly of the grave I cried out, and you heard my voice.

King James Version, 1611

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

3

You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood closed round me. All your breakers and your waves went over me.

Plain English

Because you threw me into the deep, into the middle of the seas, and the floods went round me. All your waves and your breakers went over me.

King James Version, 1611

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

4

Then I said, I am driven out of your sight. Yet I will look again toward your holy temple.

Plain English

Then I said: I'm thrown out of your sight. But I'll look towards your holy temple again.

King James Version, 1611

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

5

The waters closed over me, right to the soul. The deep shut me in. Weed was wrapped about my head.

Plain English

The waters went right round me, right to my soul. The deep closed round me. The weeds were wrapped round my head.

King James Version, 1611

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

6

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever. Yet you brought my life up from corruption, Lord my God.

Plain English

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with its bars was round me forever. But you've brought my life up out of the pit, Lord my God.

King James Version, 1611

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

7

When my soul was fainting inside me I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

Plain English

When my soul fainted inside me, I remembered the Lord. And my prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

King James Version, 1611

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

8

Those who cling to worthless lies walk away from the mercy that was theirs.

Plain English

The ones who hold onto empty nothings walk out on the mercy that's theirs.

King James Version, 1611

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

9

But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. What I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord.

Plain English

But I'll sacrifice to you with the voice of thanks. I'll pay what I've vowed. Salvation belongs to the Lord.

King James Version, 1611

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

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And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out onto the dry land.

Plain English

And the Lord spoke to the fish, and it threw Jonah up on the dry land.

King James Version, 1611

And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.