Jonah 2:1
Now the Lord had commanded a great whale to swallow up Jonas: and Jonas was in the belly of the whale three days and three nights.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
In Context
2And Jonas prayed to the Lord his God out of the belly of the whale,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 33:11And the Lord brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, and they took Manasses in bonds, and bound him in fetters, and brought him to Babylon.
Psalms 50:15Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and ungodly men shall turn to thee.
Psalms 130:1+ 130:1 Alex. + 'for David.'A Song of Degrees. O Lord, my heart is not exalted, neither have mine eyes been haughtily raised: neither have I exercised myself in great matters, nor in things too wonderful for me.
Lamentations 3:53and laid a stone upon 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 →