Jonah 2:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When I was in trouble, LORD, I prayed to you, and you listened to me. From deep in the world of the dead, I begged for your help, and you answered my prayer.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 33:12

While Manasseh was held captive there, he asked the LORD God to forgive him and to help him.

Psalm 116:3

Death attacked from all sides, and I was captured by its painful chains. But when I was really suffering,

Psalm 120:1

When I am in trouble, I pray,

Psalm 16:10

I am your chosen one. You won't leave me in the grave or let my body decay.

Psalm 22:24

The LORD doesn't hate or despise the helpless in all their troubles. When I cried out, he listened and did not turn away.

Psalm 34:6

I was a nobody, but I prayed, and the LORD saved me from all my troubles.

Psalm 4:1

You are my God and protector. Please answer my prayer. I was in terrible distress, but you set me free. Now have pity and listen as I pray.

Psalm 61:2

I feel hopeless, and I cry out to you from a faraway land. Lead me to the mighty rock high above me.

Psalm 65:2

Everyone will come to you because you answer prayer.

Psalm 86:13

Your love for me is so great that you protected me from death and the grave.

Isaiah 14:9

The world of the dead eagerly waits for you. With great excitement, the spirits of ancient rulers hear about your coming.

Lamentations 3:55

From the bottom of the pit, I prayed to you, LORD.

Ezekiel 26:20

and carry you down to the world of the dead, where you will join people of ancient times and towns ruined long ago. You will stay there and never again be a city filled with people.

Ezekiel 31:14

Never again will any tree dare to grow as tall as this tree, no matter how much water it has. Every tree must die, just as humans die and go down to the world of the dead.

Matthew 12:40

He was in the stomach of a big fish for three days and nights, just as the Son of Man will be deep in the earth for three days and nights.

Luke 11:10

Everyone who asks will receive, everyone who searches will find, and the door will be opened for everyone who knocks.

Luke 22:44

Jesus was in great pain and prayed so sincerely that his sweat fell to the ground like drops of blood.

Acts 2:27

The Lord won't leave me in the grave. I am his holy one, and he won't let my body decay.

Hebrews 5:7

God had the power to save Jesus from death. And while Jesus was on earth, he begged God with loud crying and tears to save him. He truly worshipped God, and God listened to his prayers.

1 Samuel 30:6

David was desperate. His soldiers were so upset over what had happened to their sons and daughters that they were thinking about stoning David to death. But he felt the LORD God giving him strength,