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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple.

Context of Jonah 2:7

5The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. 6To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, Lord my God, brought my life up from the pit. “When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple. 8“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them. 9But I, with shouts of grateful praise, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. I will say, ‘Salvation comes from 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 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
• Psalms 27:13I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
• Psalms 119:81My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.
• Hebrews 12:3Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
• 1 Samuel 30:6David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.
• Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
• Psalms 42:5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
• Psalms 43:5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
• Psalms 77:10Then I thought, “To this I will appeal: the years when the Most High stretched out his right hand.
• Psalms 143:5I remember the days of long ago; I meditate on all your works and consider what your hands have done.
• Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the word of his servant? Let the one who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust in the name of the Lord and rely on their God.
• Lamentations 3:21Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
• 2 Corinthians 1:9Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.
• 2 Chronicles 30:27The priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard them, for their prayer reached heaven, his holy dwelling place.
• Psalms 18:6In my distress I called to the Lord; I cried to my God for help. From his temple he heard my voice; my cry came before him, into his ears.
• Jonah 2:4I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward 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