Jonah 2 – read and compare multiple versions of the Bible

World English Bible

Jonah 2 (WEBP)

[1] Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
[2] He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
[3] For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
[4] I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
[5] The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
[6] I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, Yahweh my God.
[7] “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
[8] Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
[9] But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”
[10] Then Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.

Jonah 2:2 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jonah 2 (KJVS)

[1] Then Jonah prayed () unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,
[2] 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] 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 cast out () of thy sight; Yet I will look () again () toward thy holy temple.
[5] 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 her bars was about me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up () my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
[7] When my soul fainted () within me I remembered () the Lord: And my prayer came in () unto thee, into thine holy temple.
[8] They that observe () lying vanities Forsake () their own mercy.
[9] But I will sacrifice () unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay () that that I have vowed. () Salvation is of the Lord.
[10] And the Lord spake () unto the fish, and it vomited out () Jonah upon the dry land.

Jonah 2:2a Or, out of mine affliction
Jonah 2:2b Or, the grave
Jonah 2:3 Heb. heart
Jonah 2:6a Heb. cuttings off
Jonah 2:6b Or, the pit

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jonah 2 (BYZ)

[1] [2:2] και προσηυξατο ιωνας προς κυριον τον θεον αυτου εκ της κοιλιας του κητους
[2] [2:3] και ειπεν εβοησα εν θλιψει μου προς κυριον τον θεον μου και εισηκουσεν μου εκ κοιλιας αδου κραυγης μου ηκουσας φωνης μου
[3] [2:4] απερριψας με εις βαθη καρδιας θαλασσης και ποταμοι με εκυκλωσαν παντες οι μετεωρισμοι σου και τα κυματα σου επ εμε διηλθον
[4] [2:5] και εγω ειπα απωσμαι εξ οφθαλμων σου αρα προσθησω του επιβλεψαι προς τον ναον τον αγιον σου
[5] [2:6] περιεχυθη υδωρ μοι εως ψυχης αβυσσος εκυκλωσεν με εσχατη εδυ η κεφαλη μου εις σχισμας ορεων
[6] [2:7] κατεβην εις γην ης οι μοχλοι αυτης κατοχοι αιωνιοι και αναβητω φθορα ζωης μου κυριε ο θεος μου
[7] [2:8] εν τω εκλειπειν απ εμου την ψυχην μου του κυριου εμνησθην και ελθοι προς σε η προσευχη μου εις ναον αγιον σου
[8] [2:9] φυλασσομενοι ματαια και ψευδη ελεος αυτων εγκατελιπον
[9] [2:10] εγω δε μετα φωνης αινεσεως και εξομολογησεως θυσω σοι οσα ηυξαμην αποδωσω σοι σωτηριου τω κυριω
[10] [2:11] και προσεταγη τω κητει και εξεβαλεν τον ιωναν επι την ξηραν