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Jonah 2:2

NETBible	and said, “I¹ called out to the Lord from my distress, and he answered me;² from the belly of Sheol³ I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Jon 2:2	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.
NASB © biblegateway Jon 2:2	and he said, "I called out of my distress to the LORD, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice.
NLT © biblegateway Jon 2:2	He said, "I cried out to the LORD in my great trouble, and he answered me. I called to you from the world of the dead, and LORD, you heard me!
MSG © biblegateway Jon 2:2	He prayed: "In trouble, deep trouble, I prayed to GOD. He answered me. From the belly of the grave I cried, 'Help!' You heard my cry.
BBE © SABDAweb Jon 2:2	In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jon 2:2	saying, "I called to the LORD out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice.
NKJV © biblegateway Jon 2:2	And he said: "I cried out to the LORD because of my affliction, And He answered me. "Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, And You heard my voice.
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KJV	And said <0559> (8799)_, I cried <07121> (8804) by reason of mine affliction <06869> unto the LORD <03068>_, and he heard <06030> (8799) me; out of the belly <0990> of hell <07585> cried <07768> (8765) I, [and] thou heardest <08085> (8804) my voice <06963>_. {by...: or, out of mine affliction} {hell: or, the grave}
NASB © biblegateway Jon 2:2	and he said <0559> , "I called <07121> out of my distress <06869> to the LORD <03068> , And He answered <06030> me. I cried <07768> for help <07768> from the depth <0990> of Sheol <07585> ; You heard <08085> my voice <06963> .
LXXM	(2:3) kai <2532> CONJ eipen {V-AAI-3S} ebohsa <994> V-AAI-1S en <1722> PREP yliqei <2347> N-DSF mou <1473> P-GS prov <4314> PREP kurion <2962> N-ASM ton <3588> T-ASM yeon <2316> N-ASM mou <1473> P-GS kai <2532> CONJ eishkousen <1522> V-AAI-3S mou <1473> P-GS ek <1537> PREP koiliav <2836> N-GSF adou <86> N-GSM kraughv <2906> N-GSF mou <1473> P-GS hkousav <191> V-AAI-2S fwnhv <5456> N-GSF mou <1473> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	and said <0559> , “I called <07121> out to <0413> the Lord <03068> from my distress <06869> , and he answered <06030> me; from the belly <0990> of Sheol <07585> I cried out for help <07768> , and you heard <08085> my prayer <06963> .
HEBREW	ylwq <06963> tems <08085> ytews <07768> lwas <07585> Njbm <0990> ynneyw <06030> hwhy <03068> la <0413> yl <0> hrum <06869> ytarq <07121> rmayw <0559> (2:2) <2:3>

NETBible

and said, “I¹ called out to the Lord from my distress, and he answered me;² from the belly of Sheol³ I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer.⁴

NET Notes

¹sn The eight verses of Jonah’s prayer in Hebrew contain twenty-seven first-person pronominal references to himself. There are fifteen second- or third-person references to the Lord.

²tn Tg. Jonah 2:2 renders this interpretively: “and he heard my prayer.”

²sn The first verse of the prayer summarizes the whole – “I was in trouble; I called to the Lord for help; he rescued me; I will give him thanks” – before elaborating on the nature and extent of the trouble (vv. 3-7a), mentioning the cry for help and the subsequent rescue (6b-7), and promising to give thanks (8-9). These elements, as well as much vocabulary and imagery found in Jonah’s prayer, appear also in other Hebrew psalms. With Jonah 2:1 compare, for example, Pss 18:6; 22:24; 81:7; 116:1-4; 120:1; 130:1-2; Lam 3:55-56. These references and others indicate that Jonah was familiar with prayers used in worship at the temple in Jerusalem; he knew “all the right words.” Consider also Ps 107 with Jonah as a whole.

³sn Sheol was a name for the place of residence of the dead, the underworld (see Job 7:9-10; Isa 38:17-18). Jonah pictures himself in the belly of Sheol, its very center – in other words he is as good as dead.

⁴tn Heb “voice” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “my cry.” The term קוֹל (qol, “voice”) functions as a metonymy for the content of what is uttered: cry for help in prayer.