Tree of Life Version
Jonah 2:9
9Those who watch worthless empty things forsake their mercy.
Jonah 2:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)But 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.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the Lord!"
- New King James Version (NKJV)But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay what I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.”
Context of Jonah 2:9
7To the bottoms of the mountains I went down. The earth with her bars was around me, forever! Yet You brought my life up from the Pit, Adonai my God. 8As my soul was fading from me, I remembered Adonai and my prayer came to You, toward Your holy Temple. Those who watch worthless empty things forsake their mercy. 10But I, with a voice of thanks will sacrifice to you. What I vowed, I will pay. Salvation is from Adonai.” 11Then Adonai spoke to the fish and it vomited Jonah onto the dry land.
Read all of Jonah 2Jonah 2:9 word by word
וַאֲנִ֗י בְּק֤וֹל תּוֹדָה֙ אֶזְבְּחָה־לָּ֔ךְ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָדַ֖רְתִּי אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה יְשׁוּעָ֖תָה לַיהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- But I will sacrificeזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
- unto thee with the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- of thanksgivingתּוֹדָהtôdâh · thanksgivingH8426
- I will payשָׁלֵםshâlam · to completeH7999
- that I have vowedנָדַרnâdar · to vowH5087
- Salvationיְשׁוּעָהyeshû‛âh · salvationH3444
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Jonah 2:9
- Genesis 35:3Now let’s get up and go up to Beth-El so that I can make an altar there to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and has been with me in the way that I have gone.”
- Psalms 50:14Offer God a sacrifice of thank offerings, then fulfill your vows to Elyon.
- Psalms 66:13With burnt offerings I will come to Your House, fulfilling my vows to You
- Psalms 107:22Let them sacrifice thank offerings and tell of His works with joyful singing.
- Psalms 116:17To You I will offer a sacrifice of praise, and will call on the Name of Adonai.
- Jeremiah 33:11the voice of joy and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the voice of them who say: ‘Give thanks to Adonai-Tzva’ot, for Adonai is good, for His love endures forever!’ as they bring offerings of thanksgiving into the House of Adonai. For I will restore the land from the exile as it was at first,” declares Adonai.
- Hosea 14:2Return O Israel, to Adonai your God, for you have stumbled in your iniquity.
- Romans 12:1I urge you therefore, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice—holy, acceptable to God—which is your spiritual service.
- Hebrews 13:15Through Yeshua then, let us continually offer up to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips giving thanks to His name.
- Deuteronomy 23:18“None of the daughters of Israel is to be a cult prostitute, nor any of the sons of Israel a cult prostitute.
- 2 Samuel 15:7At the end of 40 years Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron and pay my vow which I have vowed to Adonai.
- Job 22:27You will pray to Him and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
- Ecclesiastes 5:4It is better for you not to vow than to vow and not pay.
- Psalms 3:8Arise, Adonai! Deliver me, my God! For you strike all my enemies on the cheek. You shatter the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 37:39Yet the salvation of the righteous is from Adonai. He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
- Psalms 68:20Blessed be my Lord! Day by day He bears our burdens— the God of our salvation! Selah
Commentaries on Jonah 2:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9But I will sacrifice unto thee - I will make a sincere vow, which, as soon as my circumstances will permit, I will faithfully execute; and therefore he adds, "I will pay that which I have vowed." Salvation is of the Lord - All deliverance from danger, preservation of life, recovery from sickness, and redemption of the soul from the power, guilt, and pollution of sin, is from Jehovah. He alone is the Savior, he alone is the Deliverer; for all salvation is…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9But (And) with the voice of thanksgiving will I (would I fain) sacrifice unto Thee; what I have vowed, I would pay - He does not say, I will, for it did not depend upon him. Without a further miracle of God, he could do nothing. But he says, that he would nevermore forsake God. The law appointed sacrifices of thanksgiving; Leviticus 7:12-15. these he would offer, not in act only, but with words of praise. He would “pay what he had vowed,” and chiefly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9The end of Jonah’s psalm-prayer is similar to Jonah 1:16: The sailors also reacted to the Lord’s saving power and mercy with sacrifices and promises.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. I will sacrifice ... thanksgiving--In the believing anticipation of sure deliverance, he offers thanksgivings already. So Jehoshaphat (2Ch 20:21) appointed singers to praise the Lord in front of the army before the battle with Moab and Ammon, as if the victory was already gained. God honors such confidence in Him. There is also herein a mark of sanctified affliction, that he vows amendment and thankful obedience (Psa 119:67).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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