Jonah 2
The full text of Jonah 2 in the Trinity Bible Version — clear modern English, translated from the original Hebrew. Free to read.
1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish,
2 and he said:
"I called out to the LORD, out of my distress,
and he answered me.
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried,
and you heard my voice.
3 For you cast me into the deep,
into the heart of the seas,
and the flood surrounded me;
all your breakers and your waves
passed over me.
4 Then I said, 'I am driven away
from your sight;
yet I shall again look
upon your holy temple.'
5 The waters closed in over me to take my life;
the deep surrounded me;
weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 I went down to the moorings of the mountains;
the earth with its bars closed over me forever.
Yet you brought up my life from the pit,
O LORD my God.
7 When my life was fainting away,
I remembered the LORD,
and my prayer came to you,
into your holy temple.
8 Those who cling to worthless idols
forsake their hope of faithful love.
9 But I with the voice of thanksgiving
will sacrifice to you;
what I have vowed I will pay.
Salvation belongs to the LORD!"
10 And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land.
Translation notes (2)
- Jonah 2:1a This verse is chapter 2, verse 2 in the Hebrew text.
- Jonah 2:6a The Hebrew phrase qiṣbē hārîm literally means 'the roots/bases of the mountains.' This describes Jonah's descent to the underworld's foundations before God rescues him.
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