| New Living Translation | NET Bible |
| 1 Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from inside the fish. | 1Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish |
| 2He said, “I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the land of the dead, and LORD, you heard me! | 2and said, "I called out to the LORD from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer. |
| 3You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. The mighty waters engulfed me; I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves. | 3You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me. |
| 4Then I said, ‘O LORD, you have driven me from your presence. Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’ | 4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple! |
| 5“I sank beneath the waves, and the waters closed over me. Seaweed wrapped itself around my head. | 5Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. |
| 6I sank down to the very roots of the mountains. I was imprisoned in the earth, whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O LORD my God, snatched me from the jaws of death! | 6I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God. |
| 7As my life was slipping away, I remembered the LORD. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple. | 7When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD, and my prayer came to your holy temple. |
| 8Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies. | 8Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs. |
| 9But I will offer sacrifices to you with songs of praise, and I will fulfill all my vows. For my salvation comes from the LORD alone.” | 9But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised. Salvation belongs to the LORD!" |
| 10Then the LORD ordered the fish to spit Jonah out onto the beach. | 10Then the LORD commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land. |
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