Jonah 2 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God. Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God.
2 Jonah prayed: |I called to the LORD in my distress, and he answered me. From the depths of my [watery] grave I cried for help, and you heard my cry. saying, “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. He said: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry.
3 You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea, and water surrounded me. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me. For 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. You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.
4 |Then I thought, 'I have been banished from your sight. Will I ever see your holy temple again?' Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
5 |Water surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep [sea] covered me completely. Seaweed was wrapped around my head. The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
6 I sank to the foot of the mountains. I sank to the bottom, where bars held me forever. But you brought me back from the pit, O LORD, my God. at 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. To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, LORD my God, brought my life up from the pit.
7 |As my life was slipping away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came to you in your holy temple. When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. “When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
8 Those who hold on to worthless idols abandon their loyalty [to you]. Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love. “Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them.
9 But I will sacrifice to you with songs of thanksgiving. I will keep my vow. Victory belongs to the LORD!| But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the LORD!” But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from the LORD.’”
10 Then the LORD spoke to the fish, and it spit Jonah out onto the shore. And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. And the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land.
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