Jonah 2:7

Jonah 2:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
• New International Version (NIV)“When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When my life was fainting away, I remembered the Lord, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the Lord; And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple.

Context of Jonah 2:7

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. When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the Lord, and my prayer came to your holy temple. 8Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs. 9But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised. Salvation belongs to the Lord!”

Jonah 2:7 word by word

בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ף עָלַי֙ נַפְשִׁ֔י אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה זָכָ֑רְתִּי וַתָּב֤וֹא אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ תְּפִלָּתִ֔י אֶל־הֵיכַ֖ל קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• faintedעָטַף‛âţaph · be feebleH5848
• within me I rememberedזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and my prayerתְּפִלָּהtephillâh · prayerH8605
• came inבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• unto thee, into thine holyקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · templeH1964

Cross-references for Jonah 2:7

• Psalms 22:14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
• Psalms 27:13Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord’s favor in the land of the living?
• Psalms 119:81I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.
• Hebrews 12:3Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.
• 1 Samuel 30:6David was very upset, for the men were thinking of stoning him; each man grieved bitterly over his sons and daughters. But David drew strength from the Lord his God.
• Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the Lord our God.
• Psalms 42:5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
• Psalms 43:5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
• Psalms 77:10Then I said, “I am sickened by the thought that the sovereign One might become inactive.
• Psalms 143:5I recall the old days; I meditate on all you have done; I reflect on your accomplishments.
• Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.
• Lamentations 3:21But this I call to mind; therefore I have hope: ח (Khet)
• 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.
• 2 Chronicles 30:27The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.
• Psalms 18:6In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.
• Jonah 2:4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

Commentaries on Jonah 2:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7When my soul fainted - When I had given up all hope of life. My prayer came in unto thee - Here prayer is personified, and is represented as a messenger going from the distressed, and entering into the temple of God, and standing before him. This is a very fine and delicate image. This clause is one of those which I suppose the prophet to have added when he penned this prayer.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7When my sold fainted - , literally “was covered, within me,” was dizzied, overwhelmed. The word is used of actual faintness from heat, Jonah 4:8. thirst, Amos 8:13. exhaustion, Isaiah 51:20. when a film comes over the eyes, and the brain is, as it were, mantled over. The soul of the pious never is so full of God, as when all things else fade from him. Jonah could not but have remembered God in the tempest; when the lots were east; when he adjudged himself…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7I remembered the LORD: Here, Jonah means, "I prayed to the Lord." My prayer … holy temple: The temple was God's special place for worship in Israel, even though God is everywhere all the time (Psalm 139:7–10; Jeremiah 23:23–24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. soul fainted ... I remembered the Lord--beautifully exemplifying the triumph of spirit over flesh, of faith over sense (Psa 73:26; 42:6). For a time troubles shut out hope; but faith revived when Jonah "remembered the Lord," what a gracious God He is, and how now He still preserves his life and consciousness in his dark prison-house. into thine holy temple--the temple at Jerusalem (Jon 2:4). As there he looks in believing prayer towards it, so here he…Read the comment

Topics related to Jonah 2:7

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Church
• Faith
• Prayer
• Repentance

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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