| Berean Study Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God, | 1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish. |
| 2saying: “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. | 2He said, “I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and LORD, you heard me! |
| 3For 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. | 3You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. The mighty waters engulfed me; I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves. |
| 4At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’ | 4Then I said, ‘O LORD, you have driven me from your presence. Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’ |
| 5The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head. | 5“I sank beneath the waves, and the waters closed over me. Seaweed wrapped itself around my head. |
| 6To 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! | 6I sank down to the very roots of the mountains. I was imprisoned in the earth, whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O LORD my God, snatched me from the jaws of death! |
| 7As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple. | 7As my life was slipping away, I remembered the LORD. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple. |
| 8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion. | 8Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies. |
| 9But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!” | 9But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the LORD alone.” |
| 10And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. | 10Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach. |
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