Jonah 2:1

Then prayed Jonah, unto Yahweh, his God,—out of the belly of the fish;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2and said—I cried—out of my distress—unto Yahweh, and he answered me,—Out of the belly of hades, called I, Thou didst hear my voice.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:11So Yahweh brought in upon them, the captains of the army that belonged to the king of Assyria, and they captured Manasseh with hooks,—and bound him captive with a pair of bronze fetters, and took him away to Babylon.

Psalms 50:15Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.

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

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

Acts 16:24who, a charge like this receiving, thrust them into the inner prison, and, their feet, made he 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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