New English Translation
Jonah 2:4
4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!
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 said, “I called out to the Lord from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer. 3You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me. I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple! 5Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God.
Read all of Jonah 2Jonah 2:4 word by word
וַאֲנִ֣י אָמַ֔רְתִּי נִגְרַ֖שְׁתִּי מִנֶּ֣גֶד עֵינֶ֑יךָ אַ֚ךְ אוֹסִ֣יף לְהַבִּ֔יט אֶל־הֵיכַ֖ל קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jonah 2:4
- Psalms 31:22I jumped to conclusions and said, “I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.
- Psalms 77:1I will cry out to God and call for help! I will cry out to God and he will pay attention to me.
- Isaiah 38:10“I thought, ‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’
- Isaiah 49:14“Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me, the sovereign master has forgotten me.’
- Ezekiel 37:11Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are all the house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dry, our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
- 1 Kings 9:7then I will remove Israel from the land I have given them, I will abandon this temple I have consecrated with my presence, and Israel will be mocked and ridiculed among all the nations.
- Jeremiah 7:15And I will drive you out of my sight just like I drove out your relatives, the people of Israel.’”
- Jeremiah 15:1Then the Lord said to me, “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me pleading for these people, I would not feel pity for them! Get them away from me! Tell them to go away!
- 1 Kings 8:38When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,
- 2 Chronicles 6:38When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,
- Psalms 5:7But as for me, because of your great faithfulness I will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple as I worship you.
- Daniel 6:10When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do 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
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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
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