| Holman Christian Standard Bible | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish: | 1Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of 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. | 2and he said, "I called out of my distress to the LORD, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice. |
| 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. | 3"For You had cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current engulfed me. All Your breakers and billows passed over me. |
| 4But I said: I have been banished from Your sight, yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple. | 4"So I said, 'I have been expelled from Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.' |
| 5The waters engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. | 5"Water encompassed me to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Weeds were wrapped 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! | 6"I descended to the roots of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. |
| 7As my life was fading away, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came to You, to Your holy temple. | 7"While I was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, And my prayer came to You, Into Your holy temple. |
| 8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake faithful love, | 8"Those who regard vain idols Forsake their faithfulness, |
| 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 sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the LORD." |
| 10Then the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. | 10Then the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah up onto the dry land. |
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