| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New Living Translation |
| 1Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish: | 1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish. |
| 2I called to the LORD in my distress, and He answered me. I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol; 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! |
| 3You threw me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, and the current overcame me. All Your breakers and Your billows 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. |
| 4But 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 up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. | 5“I sank beneath the waves, and the waters closed over me. Seaweed wrapped itself around my head. |
| 6I sank to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever! But You raised my life from the Pit, 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 Yahweh. My prayer came 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 faithful love, | 8Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies. |
| 9but as for me, I will sacrifice to You with a voice of thanksgiving. 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.” |
| 10Then 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. |
| Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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