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Jonah’s Prayer

Jonah 2:7

In 11 translations

BSB
As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
KJV
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
WEB
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
ASV
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.
LSV
In the feebleness of my soul within me, || I have remembered YHWH, || And my prayer comes to You, || Into Your holy temple.
YLT
In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple.
DBY
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.
DRC2:8
When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto thy holy temple.
GNV
When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lord: and my prayer came vnto thee, into thine holy Temple.
JPS2:8
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came in unto Thee, into Thy holy temple.
LXXE2:8
When my soul was failing me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to thee into thy holy temple.Gr. from me.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC2:8
בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ף עָלַי֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה זָכָ֑רְתִּי וַתָּב֤וֹא אֵלֶ֨יךָ֙ תְּפִלָּתִ֔י אֶל־הֵיכַ֖ל קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃KJV:Jonah.2.7
LXX-Br2:8
Ἐν τῷ ἐκλείπειν ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν ψυχήν μου, τοῦ Κυρίου ἐμνήσθην, καὶ ἔλθοι πρὸς σὲ ἡ προσευχή μου εἰς ναὸν τὸν ἅγιόν σου.

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  • Jonah and the great fish Jonah flees God's call to Nineveh; thrown overboard, he is swallowed by a great fish and returned to land. Sent again, he warns the city; it…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.
  • 2 Chronicles 30:27Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
  • Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.
  • Psalms 143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.
  • 1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.
  • Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
  • Psalms 77:10–11So I said, “I am grieved that the right hand of the Most High has changed.” I will remember the works of the LORD; yes, I will remember Your wonders of old.
  • Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
  • Lamentations 3:21–26Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope: Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness! “The LORD is my…
  • Psalms 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
  • Psalms 42:11Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.
  • 2 Corinthians 1:9–10Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have…
  • Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
  • Psalms 119:81–83My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word. My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?” Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
  • Psalms 42:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.
  • Psalms 43:5Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

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  • 2:8 in some Bibles
  • 2:7 in most Bibles

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