2He said: "In my distress I called to the Lord , and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.


In Context

1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.

2 He said: "In my distress I called to the Lord , and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.

3 You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.

4 I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'

Jonah 2:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and you heard my voice.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:2And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he answered me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardst my voice.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2He said, |I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:2And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.