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King James Bible
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Youngs Literal Translation
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| 2:1 |
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly, |
And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish. |
| 2:2 |
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. |
And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice. |
| 2:3 |
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. |
When Thou dost cast me `into' the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me. |
| 2:4 |
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. |
And I -- I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!) |
| 2:5 |
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. |
Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head. |
| 2:6 |
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. |
To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars `are' behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God. |
| 2:7 |
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. |
In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple. |
| 2:8 |
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. |
Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake. |
| 2:9 |
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. |
And I -- with a voice of thanksgiving -- I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation `is' of Jehovah. |
| 2:10 |
And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. |
And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land. |
