Parallel Verses
Amplified
and said,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.
New American Standard Bible
and he said,
“I
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the
You heard my voice.
King James Version
And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
Holman Bible
and He answered me.
I cried out for help in the belly of Sheol;
You heard my voice.
International Standard Version
He said: "I called out to the LORD from the midst of affliction directed at me, and he answered me. From the depths of death I cried out for help; and you heard my cry.
A Conservative Version
And he said, I called because of my affliction to LORD, and he answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, [and] thou heard my voice.
American Standard Version
And he said, I called by reason of mine affliction unto Jehovah, And he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I, And thou heardest my voice.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
and he said: I cried by reason of my distress unto Jehovah, and he answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol cried I: thou heardest my voice.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will say, I called out of straits to me to Jehovah, and he will answer me; from the belly of hades I cried for help, thou heardest my voice.
King James 2000
And said, I cried by reason of my affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of sheol cried I, and you heard my voice.
Lexham Expanded Bible
and said, "I called {from my distress} to Yahweh, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried for help-- you heard my voice.
Modern King James verseion
and he said, I cried to Jehovah from my distress. And He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help, and You heard my voice.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And he said, "In my tribulation I called unto the LORD, and he answered me: out of the belly of hell I cried, and thou heardest my voice.
NET Bible
and said, "I called out to the Lord from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer.
New Heart English Bible
He said, "I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
The Emphasized Bible
and said - I cried - out of my distress - unto Yahweh, and he answered me, - Out of the belly of hades, called I, Thou didst hear my voice.
Webster
And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardst my voice.
World English Bible
He said, "I called because of my affliction to Yahweh. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
Youngs Literal Translation
And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.
Themes
Afflictions » Blessings in disguise
Afflictions » Often blessings in disguise
Hell » In the rv of o. T. It appears only in
Topics
Interlinear
Tsarah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 2:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Is Swallowed By A Fish And Prays To Yahweh
1
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish,
2 and said,
And He answered me;
Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help,
And You heard my voice.
“For You cast me into the deep,
Into the [deep] heart of the seas,
And the currents surrounded and engulfed me;
All Your breakers and billowing waves passed over me.
Cross References
Psalm 120:1
And He answered me.
Psalm 34:6
This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him
And saved him from all his troubles.
Psalm 65:2
O You who hear prayer,
To You all mankind comes.
Psalm 18:4-6
The cords of death surrounded me,
And the streams of ungodliness and torrents of destruction terrified me.
Psalm 22:24
For He has not despised nor detested the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He listened.
Psalm 86:13
For great is Your lovingkindness and graciousness toward me;
And You have rescued my life from the depths of Sheol [from death].
Psalm 88:1-7
I have cried out [for help] by day and in the night before You.
Matthew 12:40
Genesis 32:7-12
Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed; and he divided the people who were with him, and the flocks and herds and camels, into two camps;
Genesis 32:24-28
So Jacob was left alone, and a
1 Samuel 1:16
Do not regard your maidservant as a wicked and worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and [bitter] provocation.”
1 Samuel 30:6
Further, David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, for all of them were embittered, each man for his sons and daughters. But David felt strengthened and encouraged in the Lord his God.
Psalm 4:1
You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;
Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.
Psalm 16:10
For You will not abandon me to Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead),
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
Psalm 61:2
From the end of the earth I call to You, when my heart is overwhelmed and weak;
Lead me to the rock that is higher than I [a rock that is too high to reach without Your help].
Psalm 116:3
The cords and sorrows of death encompassed me,
And the terrors of Sheol came upon me;
I found distress and sorrow.
Psalm 142:1-3
I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.
Isaiah 14:9
“
It stirs up the spirits of the dead [to greet you], all the leaders of the earth;
It raises all the kings of the nations from their thrones [in astonishment at your fall].
Luke 22:44
And being in agony [deeply distressed and anguished; almost to the point of death], He prayed more intently; and His
Acts 2:27
‘For You will not forsake me and abandon my soul to Hades (the realm of the dead),
Nor let Your Holy One undergo decay [after death].
Hebrews 5:7
In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will].