Passage

Jonah 2.9

Book: Jonah · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

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.

And Jehovah spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. (Jonah 2:7-10, ASV)

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.”

Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land. (Jonah 2:7-10, WEB)

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.

And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land. (Jonah 2:7-10, KJV)

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.

And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land. (Jonah 2:7-10, YLT)

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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.

H3444 - yeshuah, yeshuah, Strong's H3444
H3068 - YHWH, YHWH, Strong's H3068

Quoted in

Arguments and defeaters:

Jonah Swallowed By A Whale Fiction Defeater, via Jonah 2.1-9

Concepts:

Lexicon:

H3444 - yeshuah

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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