Jonah 2:1

Jonah 2:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God out of the fish’s belly,
• New International Version (NIV)From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the fish’s belly.

Context of Jonah 2:1

Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish’s belly. 2And 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. 3For 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.

Jonah 2:1 word by word

וַיִּתְפַּלֵּ֣ל יוֹנָ֔ה אֶל־יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהָ֑יו מִמְּעֵ֖י הַדָּגָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Jonahיוֹנָהyônâh · JonahH3124

Cross-references for Jonah 2:1

• 2 Chronicles 33:11Wherefore Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh in chains, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon.
• Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
• Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
• Isaiah 26:16Jehovah, in trouble have they visited thee; they poured out a prayer when thy chastening was upon them.
• Hosea 5:15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.
• Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• James 5:13Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.
• Job 13:15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
• Psalms 130:1Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O Jehovah.
• Lamentations 3:53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and have cast a stone upon me.
• Acts 16:24who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

Commentaries on Jonah 2:1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Then Jonah prayed - out of the fish's belly - This verse makes the first of the second chapter in the Hebrew text. It may be asked, "How could Jonah either pray or breathe in the stomach of the fish?" Very easily, if God so willed it. And let the reader keep this constantly in view; the whole is a miracle, from Jonah's being swallowed by the fish till he was cast ashore by the same animal. It was God that had prepared the great fish. It was the Lord that…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Then - (“And”) Jonah prayed, i. e., when the three days and nights were passed, he uttered this devotion. The word “prayed” includes thanksgiving, not petition only. It is said of Hannah that she “prayed” 1 Samuel 2:1; but her canticle is all one thanksgiving without a single petition. In this thanksgiving Jonah says how his prayers had been heard, but prays no more. God had delivered him from the sea, and be thanks God, in the fish‘s belly, as…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The prayer of Jonah. (1-9) He is delivered from the fish. (10) Verses 1-9 Observe when Jonah prayed. When he was in trouble, under the tokens of God's displeasure against him for sin: when we are in affliction we must pray. Being kept alive by miracle, he prayed. A sense of God's good-will to us, notwithstanding our offences, opens the lips in prayer, which were closed with the dread of wrath. Also, where he prayed; in the belly of the fish. No place is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9Jonah realized that the Lord had kindly saved him by sending the fish. He then created a prayer similar to a psalm. The prayer's careful structure follows the pattern of a personal song of thanks. This suggests Jonah may have written it after the event, as he remembered his feelings and worries.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101. his God--"his" still, though Jonah had fled from Him. Faith enables Jonah now to feel this; just as the returning prodigal says of the Father, from whom he had wandered, "I will arise and go to my Father" (Lu 15:18). out of the fish's belly--Every place may serve as an oratory. No place is amiss for prayer. Others translate, "when (delivered) out of the fish's belly." English Version is better.Read the comment

Topics related to Jonah 2:1

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• God
• Jonah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Bar
• Close
• Depth
• Fish
• Hell
• Vomit
• Belly

Commentaries on Jonah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings