Jonah 2 - Compare Translations
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Jonah 2:1
KJVThen Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly,
WEBThen Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
YLTAnd Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.
Jonah 2:2
KJVAnd said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
WEBHe said,
YLTAnd he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.
Jonah 2:3
KJVFor thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
WEBFor you threw me into the depths,
YLTWhen Thou dost cast me [into] the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.
Jonah 2:4
KJVThen I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
WEBI said, ‘I have been banished from your sight;
YLTAnd I -- I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!)
Jonah 2:5
KJVThe waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
WEBThe waters surrounded me,
YLTCompassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.
Jonah 2:6
KJVI went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.
WEBI went down to the bottoms of the mountains.
YLTTo the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.
Jonah 2:7
KJVWhen 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.
YLTIn the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple.
Jonah 2:8
KJVThey that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
WEBThose who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
YLTThose observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.
Jonah 2:9
KJVBut I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
WEBBut I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving.
YLTAnd I -- with a voice of thanksgiving -- I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of Jehovah.
Jonah 2:10
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