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


In Context

5 The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you brought my life up from the pit, O Lord my God.

7 "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 forfeit the grace that could be theirs.

9 But I, with a song of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to you. What I have vowed I will make good. Salvation comes from the Lord ."

10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto 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 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:8They that regard 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.