Jonah 2:1

From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:11So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”

Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

Lamentations 3:53They dropped me alive into a pit and cast stones upon me.

Acts 16:24On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet 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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