8They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.


In Context

5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.

6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.

7 When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

8 They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.

Jonah 2:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:8"Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:8They that are vain observe vanities, forsake their own mercy.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:8They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:8Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.