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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] Καὶ () προσηύξατο () Ιωνας () πρὸς () κύριον () τὸν () θεὸν () αὐτοῦ () ἐκ () τῆς () κοιλίας () τοῦ () κήτους ()
[2] καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἐβόησα () ἐν () θλίψει () μου () πρὸς () κύριον () τὸν () θεόν () μου, () καὶ () εἰς () ήκουσέν () μου· () ἐκ () κοιλίας () ᾅδου () κραυγῆς () μου () ἤκουσας () φωνῆς () μου. ()
[3] Ἀπέρριψάς () με () εἰς () βάθη () καρδίας () θαλάσσης, () καὶ () ποταμοί () με () ἐκύκλωσαν· () πάντες () οἱ () μετεωρισμοί σου () καὶ () τὰ () κύματά () σου () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () διῆλθον. ()
[4] Καὶ () ἐγὼ () εἶπα () Ἀπῶσμαι () ἐξ () ὀφθαλμῶν () σου· () ἆρα () προσθήσω () τοῦ () ἐπιβλέψαι () πρὸς () τὸν () ναὸν () τὸν () ἅγιόν σου; ()
[5] Περιεχύθη ὕδωρ () μοι () ἕως () ψυχῆς, () ἄβυσσος () ἐκύκλωσέν () με () ἐσχάτη, () ἔδυ () ἡ () κεφαλή () μου () εἰς () σχισμὰς ὀρέων. ()
[6] Κατέβην () εἰς () γῆν, () ἧς () οἱ () μοχλοὶ αὐτῆς () κάτοχοι αἰώνιοι, () καὶ () ἀναβήτω () φθορὰ () ζωῆς () μου, () κύριε () ὁ () θεός () μου. ()
[7] Ἐν () τῷ () ἐκλείπειν () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου () τοῦ () κυρίου () ἐμνήσθην, () καὶ () ἔλθοι () πρὸς () σὲ () ἡ () προσευχή () μου () εἰς () ναὸν () ἅγιόν σου. ()
[8] Φυλασσόμενοι () μάταια () καὶ () ψευδῆ () ἔλεος () αὐτῶν () ἐγκατέλιπον. ()
[9] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () μετὰ () φωνῆς () αἰνέσεως () καὶ () ἐξομολογήσεως θύσω () σοι· () ὅσα () ηὐξάμην, () ἀποδώσω () σοι () σωτηρίου () τῷ () κυρίῳ. ()
[10] Καὶ () προσετάγη () τῷ () κήτει, () καὶ () ἐξέβαλεν () τὸν () Ιωναν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () ξηράν. ()

Jonah 2:1 Originally verse 2:2.
Jonah 2:2 Originally verse 2:3.
Jonah 2:3 Originally verse 2:4.
Jonah 2:4 Originally verse 2:5.
Jonah 2:5 Originally verse 2:6.
Jonah 2:6 Originally verse 2:7.
Jonah 2:7 Originally verse 2:8.
Jonah 2:8 Originally verse 2:9.
Jonah 2:9 Originally verse 2:10.
Jonah 2:10 Originally verse 2:11.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.