Jonah 2
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
1(2-2) Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly.
2saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
2(2-3) And he said: I called out of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He answered me; out of the belly of the nether-world cried I, and Thou heardest my voice.
3For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
3(2-4) For Thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all Thy waves and Thy billows passed over me.
4At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
4(2-5) And I said: 'I am cast out from before Thine eyes'; yet I will look again toward Thy holy temple.
5The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
5(2-6) The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
6(2-7) I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever; yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
7As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
7(2-8) When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thy holy temple.
8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.
8(2-9) They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
9(2-10) But I will sacrifice unto Thee with the voice of thanksgiving; that which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is of the LORD.
10And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
10(2-11) And the LORD spoke unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
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