Jonah 2:1

And Ionas prayed vnto the Lorde his God out of the fisshes belly.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,

In Context

2And saide: In affliction I cryed vnto the Lorde, and he heard me: out of the belly of hell cryed I, and thou heardest my voyce.

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Cross References

Lamentations 3:53They haue put downe my life into a pit, and they haue cast stones vpon me.

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 →

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