Add parallel Print Page Options

        at the base of the undersea[a] mountains.
I have sunk down to the underworld;
        its bars held me with no end in sight.
        But you brought me out of the pit.’
When my endurance[b] was weakening,
        I remembered the Lord,
        and my prayer came to you,
            to your holy temple.
Those deceived by worthless things lose their chance for mercy.[c]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jonah 2:6 Heb lacks undersea.
  2. Jonah 2:7 Endurance here renders the same Heb word as life in 1:14 and death in 2:5.
  3. Jonah 2:8 Heb uncertain

Bible Gateway Recommends