Jonah 2:9

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מְשַׁמְּרִ֖ים הַבְלֵי־שָׁ֑וְא חַסְדָּ֖ם יַעֲזֹֽבוּ׃

Transliteration

mĕšammĕrîm hablê-šāwĕʾ ḥasdām yaʿăzōbû

Grammar Details

*mĕšammĕrîm*: piel participle, masculine plural - ones keeping/observing
*hablê*: masculine plural construct noun - vanities/empty things of
*šāwĕʾ*: masculine singular noun - falsehood/emptiness
*ḥasdām*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their loyalty/faithfulness
*yaʿăzōbû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - they forsake

Word Meanings

*mĕšammĕrîm*: ones keeping/observing/regarding/paying attention to
*hablê*: vanities/empty things/worthless things
*šāwĕʾ*: falsehood/emptiness/worthlessness/nothingness
*ḥasdām*: their loyalty/faithfulness/steadfast love/mercy
*yaʿăzōbû*: they forsake/abandon/leave

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Referenced Verses

Ps 3:8 : 8 Salvation belongeth unto the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
Ps 50:14 : 14 Offer{H8798)} unto God thanksgiving; and pay{H8761)} thy vows unto the most High:
Eccl 5:4-5 : 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Hos 14:2 : 2 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Isa 45:17 : 17 But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
Ps 50:23 : 23 Whoso offereth{H8802)} praise glorifieth{H8762)} me: and to him that ordereth{H8804)} his conversation aright will I shew{H8686)} the salvation of God.
Ps 68:20 : 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
Ps 37:39-40 : 39 But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. 40 And the LORD shall help them, and deliver{H8762)} them: he shall deliver{H8762)} them from the wicked, and save{H8686)} them, because they trust{H8804)} in him.
Jer 33:11 : 11 The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: and of them that shall bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the first, saith the LORD.
Acts 4:12 : 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
Heb 13:15 : 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
Rev 7:10 : 10 And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Job 22:27 : 27 Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Rom 12:1 : 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
John 4:22 : 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
Gen 35:3 : 3 And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went.
Deut 23:18 : 18 Thou shalt not bring the hire of a whore, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD thy God for any vow: for even both these are abomination unto the LORD thy God.
2 Sam 15:7 : 7 And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
Ps 107:22 : 22 And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
Ps 116:17-18 : 17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD. 18 I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people,
Ps 66:13-15 : 13 I will go{H8799)} into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay{H8762)} thee my vows, 14 Which my lips have uttered{H8804)}, and my mouth hath spoken{H8765)}, when I was in trouble. 15 I will offer{H8686)} unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer{H8799)} bullocks with goats. Selah.

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