Jonah 2:9

And I — with a voice of thanksgiving — I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of Jehovah.

Young's Literal Translation

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

8Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.

10And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land.

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Cross References

Genesis 35:3and we rise, and go up to Bethel, and I make there an altar to God, who is answering me in the day of my distress, and is with me in the way that I have gone.'

1 Samuel 12:21and ye do not turn aside after the vain things which do not profit nor deliver, for they [are] vain,

Job 22:27Thou dost make supplication unto Him, And He doth hear thee, And thy vows thou completest.

Psalms 37:39And the salvation of the righteous [is] from Jehovah, Their strong place in a time of adversity.

Psalms 50:23He who is sacrificing praise honoureth Me, As to him who maketh a way, I cause him to look on the salvation of God!

Psalms 68:20God Himself [is] to us a God for deliverances, And Jehovah Lord hath the outgoings of 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 →

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