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Jonah 2 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Jonah’s Prayer

Jon 2:1

[fn]Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish,

Jon 2:2and he said,

“I called out of my distress to the LORD,

And He answered me.

I called for help from the [fn]depth of Sheol;

You heard my voice.

Jon 2:3

“For You threw me into the deep,

Into the heart of the seas,

And the current flowed around me.

All Your breakers and waves passed over me.

Jon 2:4

“So I said, ‘I have been cast out [fn]of Your sight.

Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

Jon 2:5

“Water encompassed me to the [fn]point of death.

The deep flowed around me,

Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Jon 2:6

“I descended to the base of the mountains.

The earth with its bars was around me forever,

But You have brought up my life from [fn]the pit, LORD my God.

Jon 2:7

“While [fn]I was fainting away,

I remembered the LORD,

And my prayer came to You,

Into Your holy temple.

Jon 2:8

“Those who are followers of worthless [fn]idols

Abandon their faithfulness,

Jon 2:9

But I will sacrifice to You

With a voice of thanksgiving.

That which I have vowed I will pay.

Salvation is from the LORD.”

Jon 2:10

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

NASB20 Footnotes
Ch 2:2 in Heb
Lit belly
Lit from Your eyes
Lit soul
Or corruption
Lit my soul within me was
Lit futilities
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