Jonah 2:4

Jonah 2:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
• New International Version (NIV)I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)Then I said, 'I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

Context of Jonah 2:4

2and he said, “I called out of my distress to the Lord, And He answered me. I called for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice. 3For You threw me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current flowed around me. All Your breakers and waves passed over me. So I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ 5Water encompassed me to the point of death. The deep flowed around me, Seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6I descended to the base of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, Lord my God.

Jonah 2:4 word by word

וַאֲנִ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי נִגְרַ֖שְׁתִּי מִנֶּ֣גֶד עֵינֶ֑יךָ אַ֚ךְ אוֹסִ֣יף לְהַבִּ֔יט אֶל־הֵיכַ֖ל קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear

• So I saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• castגָּרַשׁgârash · to drive out: drive outH1644
• of Your sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: seeingH5869
• Neverthelessאַךְ'ak · surelyH389
• I will lookנָבַטnâbaţ · to lookH5027
• againיָסַףyâsaph · to add: againH3254
• towardאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Your holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964

Cross-references for Jonah 2:4

• Psalms 31:22As for me, I said in my alarm, “I am cut off from Your eyes”; Nevertheless You heard the sound of my pleadings When I called to You for help.
• Psalms 77:1My voice rises to God, and I will cry aloud; My voice rises to God, and He will listen to me.
• Isaiah 38:10I said, “In the middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I have been deprived of the rest of my years.”
• Isaiah 49:14But Zion said, “The Lord has abandoned me, And the Lord has forgotten me.”
• Ezekiel 37:11Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the entire house of Israel; behold, they say, ‘Our bones are dried up and our hope has perished. We are completely cut off.’
• 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut Israel off from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will expel from My sight. So Israel will become a saying and an object of derision among all peoples.
• Jeremiah 7:15I will hurl you out of My sight, just as I have hurled out all your brothers, all the descendants of Ephraim.
• Jeremiah 15:1Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel were to stand before Me, My heart would not be with this people. Send them away from My presence and have them go!
• 1 Kings 8:38whatever prayer or plea is offered by any person or by all Your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house;
• 2 Chronicles 6:38if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name,
• Psalms 5:7But as for me, by Your abundant graciousness I will enter Your house, At Your holy temple I will bow in reverence for You.
• Daniel 6:10Now when Daniel learned that the document was signed, he entered his house (and in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and offering praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously.

Commentaries on Jonah 2:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I am cast out of thy sight - See Psalm 31:22. Thy holy temple - Then Jerusalem was not yet destroyed, for the temple was standing.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I am cast out of Thy sight - , literally, “from before Thine eyes.” Jonah had willfully withdrawn from standing in God‘s presence. Now God had taken him at his word, and, as it seemed, cast him out of it. David had said in his haste, “I am cut off.” Jonah substitutes the stronger word, “I am cast forth,” driven forth, expelled, like the “mire and dirt” Isaiah 57:20 which the waves drive along, or like the waves themselves in their restless motion Isaiah…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4As Jonah was about to drown, he called out for help, life, and God's renewed presence. It is ironic that Jonah mentioned God driving him away, as Jonah himself aimed to flee to Tarshish (Jonah 1:3). I will look once more: Jonah was either confident he would be rescued and worship again in the temple in Jerusalem, or he was calling to the Lord in his temple from the sea (compare Jonah 2:7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. cast out from thy sight--that is, from Thy favorable regard. A just retribution on one who had fled "from the presence of the Lord" (Jon 1:3). Now that he has got his desire, he feels it to be his bitterest sorrow to be deprived of God's presence, which once he regarded as a burden, and from which he desired to escape. He had turned his back on God; so God turned His back on him, making his sin his punishment. toward thy holy temple--In the confidence…Read the comment

Topics related to Jonah 2:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Church
• Despondency
• Faith
• Repentance
• Temple

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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