Jonah 2:1

Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish`s belly.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, [And] thou heardest my voice.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:11Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.

Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

Psalms 130:1Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.

Lamentations 3:53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.

Acts 16:24who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

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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