Jonah 2:8 - The Scriptures 1998

“Those observing false worthlessnesses forsake their own kindness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

They that observe lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Those who pay regard to false, useless, and worthless idols forsake their own [Source of] mercy and loving-kindness.

American Standard Version (1901)

They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.

Common English Bible

Those deceived by worthless things lose their chance for mercy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

When my soul was in anguish within me, I called to mind the Lord, so that my prayer might come to you, to your holy temple.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto thy holy temple.

Jonah 2:8 Cross References

2 Kings 17:15

and rejected His laws and His covenant that He had made with their fathers, and His witnesses which He had witnessed against them, and went after worthlessness, and became worthless, and after the gentiles who were all around them, of whom יהוה  had commanded them not to do like them.

Psalm 142:4

Look to the right hand and see, And no one is concerned for me; No refuge remains to me; No one inquires after my being.

Psalm 31:6

I have hated those who observe lying vanities; But I trust in יהוה.

Psalm 69:14

Rescue me out of the mire, And let me not sink. Let me be rescued from those who hate me, And out of the deep waters.

Jeremiah 10:8

They are both brutish and foolish, an instruction of worthlessness is the tree.

Jeremiah 16:19

O יהוה, my strength and my stronghold and my refuge, in the day of distress the gentiles shall come to You from the ends of the earth and say, “Our fathers have inherited only falsehood, futility, and there is no value in them.”

Jeremiah 2:13

“For My people have done two evils: they have forsaken Me, the fountain of living waters, to hew out for themselves cisterns, cracked cisterns, which do not hold water.

Micah 1:2

Hear, all you peoples! Listen, O earth, and all who are in it! And let the Master יהוה  be a witness against you – יהוה  from His set-apart Hĕ

1 Samuel 12:21

and do not turn aside after worthless matters which do not profit or deliver, for they are worthless.