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Jonah 2

Jonah 2:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Jonah
Yonah (Hebrew #3124)
Jonah, an Israelite
KJV usage: Jonah.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: the same as 3123
prayed
palal (Hebrew #6419)
to judge (officially or mentally); by extension, to intercede, pray
KJV usage: intreat, judge(-ment), (make) pray(-er, -ing), make supplication.
Pronounce: paw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
his God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
out of the fish’s
dagah (Hebrew #1710)
feminine of 1709, and meaning the same
KJV usage: fish.
Pronounce: daw-gaw'
belly
me`ah (Hebrew #4578)
used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extens. the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively)
KJV usage: belly, bowels, X heart, womb.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be soft
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Fish; Fishers; Fishing,
God,
Jonah,
Prayer

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-9:  The prayer of Jonah.
10:  He is delivered out of the belly of the fish.
prayed.
2 Chron. 33:11‑13• 11{i}And Jehovah brought upon them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with fetters, and bound him with chains of brass, and carried him to Babylon.{/i}
 12{i}And when he was in affliction, he besought Jehovah his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,{/i}
 13{i}and prayed to him. And he was intreated of him and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.{/i} Then Manasseh knew that Jehovah he was God. (2 Chron. 33:11‑13)
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Psa. 50:15• 15And call upon me in the day of trouble:{HR}I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)
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Psa. 91:15• 15He shall call me, and I will answer him;{HR}With him [am] I in trouble;{HR}I will deliver him and glorify him. (Psa. 91:15)
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Isa. 26:16• 16Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out a lisping [when] thy chastening [was] upon them. (Isa. 26:16)
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Hos. 5:15• 15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hos. 5:15)
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Hos. 6:1‑3• 1Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
 2After two days he will revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
 3{i}And we shall know, — we shall follow on to know Jehovah: his going forth is assured as the morning dawn; and he will come unto us as the rain, as the latter rain which watereth the earth.{/i} (Hos. 6:1‑3)
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James 5:13• 13Doth any among you suffer trouble? Let him pray. Is any happy? Let him sing praise. (James 5:13)
out.
Job 13:15• 15Lo, he will slay me, yet will I trust him;{HR}But my ways to his face I will argue. (Job 13:15)
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Psa. 130:1‑2• 1A song of the ascents.{HR}Out of the depths{HR}Do I call on thee, Jehovah.
 2Lord, hear (in) my voice;{HR}Let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication. (Psa. 130:1‑2)
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Lam. 3:53‑56• 53They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.
 54Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
 55I called upon Thy name, O Jehovah, out of the low dungeon.
 56Thou hast heard my voice: hide not thine ear at my breathing, at my cry. (Lam. 3:53‑56)
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Acts 16:24‑25• 24who having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and secured their feet into the stocks.
 25But about midnight, Paul and Silas in praying were singing praises to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; (Acts 16:24‑25)
• His prayer for deliverance foreshadows that of the Jewish remnant. They will call upon the name of the Lord and on the third day they will be restored. “Three days and three nights” points to resurrection, and thus, there will be a national resurrection of Israel after they turn to the Lord (Isa. 26:19; Dan. 12:2; Hos. 6:2-3). (“The Prophecies of Jonah” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish’s belly;

W. Kelly Translation

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Then Jonah prayed unto Jehovah his God out of the fish’s belly,