Verse 3
Jonah 2:3
Literal Standard Version
3
When You cast me into the deep, || Into the heart of the seas, || Then the flood surrounds me, || All Your breakers and Your billows have passed over me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר קָ֠רָאתִי מִ/צָּ֥רָה לִ֛/י אֶל יְהוָ֖ה וַֽ/יַּעֲנֵ֑/נִי מִ/בֶּ֧טֶן שְׁא֛וֹל שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי שָׁמַ֥עְתָּ קוֹלִֽ/י
English Translation
And I said, "I called out from my distress to the Lord, and He answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out, 'You heard my voice.'"
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Chapter 2 Context
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And Jonah prays to his God (Elohim) YHWH from the bowels of the fish.
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And he says: “I called, because of my distress, to YHWH, || And He answers me, || From the belly of...
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When You cast me into the deep, || Into the heart of the seas, || Then the flood surrounds me, || Al...
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And I said: I have been cast out from before Your eyes || (Yet I add to look to Your holy temple!)
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Waters have surrounded me to the soul, || The deep surrounds me, || The weed is bound to my head.
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To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, || The earth, her bars are behind me for all time. An...
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In the feebleness of my soul within me, || I have remembered YHWH, || And my prayer comes to You, ||...
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8
Those observing lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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And I—with a voice of thanksgiving—I sacrifice to You, || That which I have vowed I complete, || Sal...
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10
And YHWH speaks to the fish, and it vomits Jonah out on the dry land.
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