Passage

Jonah 2.2

Book: Jonah · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"1. Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish's belly."

"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."

"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)

"1. Then Jonah prayed to Yahweh, his God, out of the fish’s belly."

"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."

"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)

"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. ^{by: or, out of mine affliction} ^{hell: or, the grave}"

"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. ^{midst: Heb. heart} 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)

"1. And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish."

"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."

"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

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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

Jonah Swallowed By A Whale Fiction Defeater

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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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