Jonah 2:9

They that observe + 2:9 Gr. vain and false things.vanities and lies have forsaken their own mercy.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

In Context

8When my soul was failing + 2:8 Gr. from me.me, I remembered the Lord; and may my prayer come to thee into thy holy temple.

10But I will sacrifice to thee with the voice of praise and thanksgiving: all that I have vowed I will pay to thee, + 2:10 Or, for a thank-offering to the Lord.the Lord of my salvation.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:3And let us rise and go up to Bæthel, and let us there make an altar to God who hearkened to me in the day of calamity, who was with me, and preserved me throughout in the journey, by which I went.

1 Samuel 12:21And turn not aside after the gods that are nothing, who will do nothing, and will not deliver you, because they are nothing.

Job 22:27And he shall hear thee when thou prayest to him, and he shall grant thee power to pay thy vows.

Psalms 68:20For thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before thee.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 2:2-10

Jonah's Prayer; The Prophet in the Fish's Belly. ( b. c. 840.) 1 Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish's belly, 2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the Lord , and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 3 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5 The… Read the whole commentary →

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