Jonah 2 — parallel

2:1

Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.

From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,

2:2

And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,

saying: “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.

2:3

and said, I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, [even] to my cry out of the belly of hell: thou heardest my voice.

For 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.

2:4

Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all thy billows and thy waves have passed upon me.

At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’

2:5

And I said, I am cast out of thy presence: shall I indeed look again toward thy holy temple?

The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

2:6

Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down

To 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!

2:7

to the clefts of the mountains; I went down into the earth, whose bars are the everlasting barriers: yet, O Lord my God, let my ruined life be restored.

As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.

2:8

When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to thee into thy holy temple.

Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

2:9

They that observe vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.

But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”

2:10

But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to thee, the Lord of [my] salvation.

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

2:11

And the whale was commanded by the Lord, and it cast up Jonas on the dry [land].

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