# Jonah 2.2

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**Book:** [Jonah](/codex/jonah/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly.
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> **2. And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.**
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> 3. For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me. 4. And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. (Jonah 2:1-4, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly.
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> **2. He said, “I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.**
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> 3. For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me. 4. I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ (Jonah 2:1-4, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,
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> **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. <sup>by: or, out of mine affliction</sup> <sup>hell: or, the grave</sup>**
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> 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. <sup>midst: Heb. heart</sup> 4. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. (Jonah 2:1-4, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.
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> **2. And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.**
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> 3. When Thou dost cast me [into] the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me. 4. And I, I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!) (Jonah 2:1-4, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Jonah Swallowed By A Whale Fiction Defeater](/codex/jonah-swallowed-by-a-whale-fiction-defeater/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.