Jonah 2:9
But, I, with the voice of praise, will sacrifice unto thee, What I have vowed, I will pay,—Salvation, belongeth to Yahweh!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
8They who take heed to the vanities of falsehood, do, their own lovingkindness, forsake.
10So then Yahweh spake unto the fish,—and it vomited out Jonah, upon the dry land.
Cross References
Genesis 35:3And let us arise, and go up to Beth-el,—that I may make there an altar to the GOD who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way that I went.
1 Samuel 12:21and turn not aside after vanities, that can neither profit nor deliver, because, vanities, they are.
Job 22:27Thou shalt make entreaty unto him, and he will hear thee, and, thy vows, shalt thou pay;
Psalms 37:39But, the deliverance of the righteous, is from Yahweh, their refuge in a time of distress.
Psalms 50:23He that sacrificeth a thankoffering, will glorify me,—And will prepare a way by which I may show him the salvation of God.
Psalms 68:20The GOD we have, is a GOD of saving deeds, And, due to Yahweh, My Lord, are escapes from death.
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 →