Parallel Verses
Amplified
“Those who regard and follow worthless idols
New American Standard Bible
Forsake their faithfulness,
King James Version
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Holman Bible
forsake faithful love,
International Standard Version
Those who cling to vain idols leave behind the gracious love that could have been theirs.
A Conservative Version
Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
American Standard Version
They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
Bible in Basic English
The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
Darby Translation
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Julia Smith Translation
They watching the vanities of falsehood will forsake their kindness.
King James 2000
They that regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Those who worship vain idols forsake their loyal love.
Modern King James verseion
They who take heed to lying vanities forsake their kindness;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
They that observe vain vanities, have forsaken him that was merciful unto them.
NET Bible
Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.
New Heart English Bible
Those who regard worthless things forsake their faithfulness.
The Emphasized Bible
They who take heed to the vanities of falsehood, do, their own lovingkindness, forsake.
Webster
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
World English Bible
Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
Youngs Literal Translation
Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.
Interlinear
Shamar
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 2:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Is Swallowed By A Fish And Prays To Yahweh
7
“When my soul was fainting within me,
I remembered the Lord,
And my prayer came to You,
Into Your holy temple.
“Those who regard and follow worthless idols
“But [as for me], I will sacrifice to You
With the voice of thanksgiving;
I shall pay that which I have vowed.
Salvation is from the Lord!”
Names
Cross References
2 Kings 17:15
They rejected His statutes and His covenant which He made with their fathers, as well as His warnings that he gave them. And they followed vanity [that is, false gods, idols] and became vain (empty-headed). They followed the [pagan practices of the] nations which surrounded them, although the Lord had commanded that they were not to do as they did.
Psalm 31:6
I hate those who pay regard to vain (empty, worthless) idols;
But I trust in the Lord [and rely on Him with unwavering confidence].
Jeremiah 2:13
“For My people have committed two evils:
They have abandoned (rejected) Me,
The fountain of living water,
And they have carved out their own cisterns,
Broken cisterns
That cannot hold water.
Jeremiah 10:8
But they are altogether irrational and stupid and foolish
In their discipline of delusion—their idol is [only] wood [it is ridiculous, empty and worthless]!
1 Samuel 12:21
You must not turn away, for then you would go after futile things which cannot profit or rescue, because they are futile.
Jeremiah 10:14-15
Every man has become [like a brute] irrational and stupid, without knowledge [of God];
Every goldsmith is shamed by his carved idols;
For his molten images are frauds and lies,
And there is no breath in them.
Jeremiah 16:19
[Then said Jeremiah] “O Lord, my Strength and my Stronghold,
And my Refuge in the day of distress and need,
The nations will come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,
‘Our fathers have inherited nothing but lies and illusion,
[Worthless] things in which there is no benefit!’
Habakkuk 2:18-20
“What profit is the carved image when its maker has formed it?
It is only a cast image, and a teacher of lies.
For its maker trusts in his own creation [as his god]
When he makes speechless idols.