Jonah 2:1
\1:17\And the Lord made ready a great fish to take Jonah into its mouth; and Jonah was inside the fish for three days and three nights.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
In Context
2\2:1\Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:11So the Lord sent against them the captains of the army of Assyria, who made Manasseh a prisoner and took him away in chains to Babylon.
Psalms 50:15Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
Psalms 130:1A Song of the going up. Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.
Lamentations 3:53They have put an end to my life in the prison, stoning me with stones.
Acts 16:24And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
Matthew Henry on Jonah 2:1
We left Jonah in the belly of the fish, and had reason to think we should hear no more of him, that if he were not destroyed by the waters of the sea he would be consumed in the bowels of that leviathan, "out of whose mouth go burning lamps, and sparks of fire, and whose breath kindles coals," Job xli. 19 , 21 . But God brings his people through fire, and through water ( Ps. lxvi. 12 ); and by his power, behold, Jonah the prophet is yet alive, and is heard of again. In this chapter God hears from him, for we find… Read the whole commentary →