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The Blue Letter Bible

Jonah 2 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

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Jonah’s Prayer

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Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish:

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I called to the LORD in my distress,

and he answered me.

I cried out for help from deep inside[fn] Sheol;

you heard my voice.

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When you threw me into the depths,

into the heart of the seas,

the current[fn] overcame me.

All your breakers and your billows swept over me.

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And I said, “I have been banished

from your sight,

yet I will look[fn] once more

toward your holy temple.”

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The water engulfed me up to the neck;[fn]

the watery depths overcame me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

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I sank to the foundations of the mountains,

the earth’s gates shut behind me forever!

Then you raised my life from the Pit, LORD my God!

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As my life was fading away,

I remembered the LORD,

and my prayer came to you,

to your holy temple.

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Those who cherish worthless idols

abandon their faithful love,

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but as for me, I will sacrifice to you

with a voice of thanksgiving.

I will fulfill what I have vowed.

Salvation[fn] belongs to the LORD.

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Then the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.

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CSB Footnotes
Lit from the stomach of
Lit river
LXX reads sight. Will I look . . . ?
Or me, threatening my life
Or Deliverance
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Jonah Chapter 2 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Bible in Basic English Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras