# Jonah 2.9 **Book:** [Jonah](/codex/jonah/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 7. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple. 8. They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy. > > **9. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah.** > > 10. And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. (Jonah 2:7-10, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 7. “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple. 8. Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. > > **9. But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.”** > > 10. Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land. (Jonah 2:7-10, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 7. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. > > **9. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.** > > 10. And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. (Jonah 2:7-10, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 7. In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple. 8. Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake. > > **9. And I, with a voice of thanksgiving, I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of Jehovah.** > > 10. And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land. (Jonah 2:7-10, 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._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Jonah Swallowed By A Whale Fiction Defeater](/codex/jonah-swallowed-by-a-whale-fiction-defeater/), via [Jonah 2.1-9](/codex/jonah-2-1-9/) **Concepts:** - [Evangelism](/codex/evangelism/) - [Monergism](/codex/monergism/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## 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.