Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
Parallel translations
- KJV Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
- BSB From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
- NKJV Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.
- NASB Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish,
- NLT Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from inside the fish.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Lam 3:53–56They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone on me.
- Ps 130:1–2A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.
- Ps 91:15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
- Job 13:15Behold, he will kill me. I have no hope. Nevertheless, I will maintain my ways before him.
- Isa 26:16Yahweh, in trouble they have visited you. They poured out a prayer when your chastening was on them.
- Ps 50:15Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- Jas 5:13Is any among you suffering? Let him pray. Is any cheerful? Let him sing praises.
- Acts 16:24–25who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.
- 2 Chr 33:11–13Therefore Yahweh brought on them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
- Hos 5:15I will go and return to my place, until they acknowledge their offense, and seek my face. In their affliction they will seek me earnestly.”
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Christ at the center
Three days in the belly of the fish is the sign Jesus gave of his own death and resurrection (Matt 12:40); and God's mercy on pagan Nineveh foreshadows the gospel going to the nations.
How Jonah 2:1 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
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