| International Standard Version | English Standard Version |
| 1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the sea creature. | 1Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, |
| 2He said: "I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry. | 2saying, “I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. |
| 3You cast me into the deep— into the heart of the sea. Flood waters engulfed me. All your breakers and your waves swirled over me. | 3For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me. |
| 4So I told myself, 'I have been driven away from you. How will I again gaze on your holy Temple?' | 4Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ |
| 5Flood waters encompassed me, the deep surrounded me while seaweed wrapped around my head. | 5The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head |
| 6I sank to the roots of the mountains; the earth's prison bars closed around me forever. Yet you resurrect the dead from the Pit, LORD my God! | 6at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. |
| 7"As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to you in your holy Temple. | 7When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. |
| 8Those who cling to vain idols leave behind the gracious love that could have been theirs. | 8Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love. |
| 9But as for me, with a voice of thanksgiving I will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Deliverance is the LORD's!" | 9But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the LORD!” |
| 10Then the LORD spoke to the sea creature, and it spewed Jonah onto the dry land. | 10And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. |
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