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Jonah 2:7

NETBible	When my life¹ was ebbing away,² I called out to³ the Lord, and my prayer came to your holy temple.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Jon 2:7	"When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, LORD, and my prayer rose to you, to your holy temple.
NASB © biblegateway Jon 2:7	"While I was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, And my prayer came to You, Into Your holy temple.
NLT © biblegateway Jon 2:7	"When I had lost all hope, I turned my thoughts once more to the LORD. And my earnest prayer went out to you in your holy Temple.
MSG © biblegateway Jon 2:7	When my life was slipping away, I remembered GOD, And my prayer got through to you, made it all the way to your Holy Temple.
BBE © SABDAweb Jon 2:7	When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
NRSV © bibleoremus Jon 2:7	As my life was ebbing away, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple.
NKJV © biblegateway Jon 2:7	"When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; And my prayer went up to You, Into Your holy temple.
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KJV	When my soul <05315> fainted <05848> (8692) within me I remembered <02142> (8804) the LORD <03068>_: and my prayer <08605> came in <0935> (8799) unto thee, into thine holy <06944> temple <01964>_.
NASB © biblegateway Jon 2:7	"While I was fainting <05848> away <05848> , I remembered <02142> the LORD <03068> , And my prayer <08605> came <0935> to You, Into Your holy <06944> temple <01964> .
LXXM	(2:8) en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN ekleipein <1587> V-PAN ap <575> PREP emou <1473> P-GS thn <3588> T-ASF quchn <5590> N-ASF mou <1473> P-GS tou <3588> T-GSM kuriou <2962> N-GSM emnhsyhn <3403> V-API-1S kai <2532> CONJ elyoi <2064> V-AAO-3S prov <4314> PREP se <4771> P-AS h <3588> T-NSF proseuch <4335> N-NSF mou <1473> P-GS eiv <1519> PREP naon <3485> N-ASM agion <40> A-ASM sou <4771> P-GS
NET [draft] ITL	When my life <05315> was ebbing <05848> away, I called out <02142> to the Lord <03069> , and my prayer <08605> came <0935> to <0413> your holy <06944> temple <01964> .
HEBREW	Ksdq <06944> lkyh <01964> la <0413> ytlpt <08605> Kyla <0413> awbtw <0935> ytrkz <02142> hwhy <03069> ta <0853> yspn <05315> yle <05921> Pjethb <05848> (2:7) <2:8>

NETBible

When my life¹ was ebbing away,² I called out to³ the Lord, and my prayer came to your holy temple.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “my soul.” The term נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh, “soul”) is often used as a metonymy for the life and the animating vitality in the body: “my life” (BDB 659 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 3.c).

²tn Heb “fainting away from me.” The verb הִתְעַטֵּף (hit’attef, “to faint away”) is used elsewhere to describe (1) the onset of death when a person’s life begins to slip away (Lam 2:12), (2) the loss of one’s senses due to turmoil (Ps 107:5), and (3) the loss of all hope of surviving calamity (Pss 77:4; 142:4; 143:4; BDB 742 s.v. עַטֵף). All three options are reflected in various English versions: “when my life was ebbing away” (JPS, NJPS), “when my life was slipping away” (CEV), “when I felt my life slipping away” (TEV), “as my senses failed me” (NEB), and “when I had lost all hope” (NLT).

³tn Heb “remembered.” The verb זָכַר (zakhar) usually means “to remember, to call to mind” but it can also mean “to call out” (e.g., Nah 2:6) as in the related Akkadian verb zikaru, “to name, to mention.” The idiom “to remember the Lord” here encompasses calling to mind his character and past actions and appealing to him for help (Deut 8:18-19; Ps 42:6-8; Isa 64:4-5; Zech 10:9). Tg. Jonah 2:7 glosses the verb as “I remembered the worship of the Lord,” which somewhat misses the point.

⁴sn For similar ideas see 2 Chr 30:27; Pss 77:3; 142:3; 143:4-5.