8Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.


In Context

5 Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.

6 To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars are behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.

7 In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple.

8 Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.

9 And I — with a voice of thanksgiving — I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation is of Jehovah.

10 And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on 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 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.