Jonah 2:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² And he said, “I called to יהוה  because of my distress, and He answered me. From the stomach of the grave I cried, and You heard my voice.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And said, I cried out of my distress to the Lord, and He heard me; out of the belly of Sheol cried I, and You heard my voice. [Ps. 120:1; 130:1; 142:1; Lam. 3:55-58.]

American Standard Version (1901)

² 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.

Common English Bible

² “I called out to the LORD in my distress, and he answered me. From the belly of the underworld I cried out for help; you have heard my voice.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And Jonah prayed to the Lord, his God, from the belly of the fish.

Jonah 2:2 Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12

And when he was in distress, he sought the face of יהוה  his Elohim, and humbled himself greatly before the Elohim of his fathers,

Psalm 116:3

The cords of death were around me, And the pains of the grave came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.

Psalm 120:1

In my distress I cried to יהוה, And He answered me.

Psalm 16:10

For You do not leave my being in the grave, Neither let Your Kind One see corruption.

Psalm 22:24

For He has not despised Nor hated the affliction of the afflicted; Nor has He hidden His face from Him; But when He cried to Him, He heard.

Psalm 34:6

This poor one cried out and יהוה  heard him, And saved him out of all his distresses.

Psalm 4:1

Answer me when I call, O Elohim of my righteousness! You gave relief to me when I was in distress; Show favour to me, and hear my prayer.

Psalm 61:2

From the end of the earth I call unto You, When my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.

Psalm 65:2

To You who hears all prayer, all flesh comes.

Psalm 86:13

For Your kindness is great toward me, And You have delivered my being From the depths of the grave.

Isaiah 14:9

“The grave from beneath is excited about you, to meet you at your coming; it stirs up the dead for you, all the chief ones of the earth; it has raised up from their thrones all the sovereigns of the gentiles.

Lamentations 3:55

I called on Your Name, O יהוה, from the lowest pit.

Ezekiel 26:20

then I shall bring you down with those who go down into the Pit, to the people of old. And I shall make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in wastes of old, with those who go to the Pit, so that you do not return. But I shall establish splendour in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14

so that none of the trees by the waters would exalt themselves because of their height, nor set their tops among the thick foliage, and that no tree which drinks water would ever be high enough to reach up to them. ‘For all of them shall be given up to death, to the depths of the earth, among the children of men who go down to the Pit.’

Matthew 12:40

“For as Yonah was three days and three nights in the stomach of the great fish, so shall the Son of Aḏ

Luke 11:10

“For everyone asking receives, and he who is seeking finds, and to him who is knocking it shall be opened.

Luke 22:44

And being in agony, He was praying more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

Acts 2:27

because You shall not leave my being in the grave, nor shall You give Your Kind One to see corruption.

Hebrews 5:7

who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His reverent fear,

1 Samuel 1:16

“Do not take your female servant for a daughter of Beliyaʽ

1 Samuel 30:6

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