Jonah 2:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 130:1-2 : 1 A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD. 2 O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!
  • Job 13:15 : 15 Even if he slays me, I will hope in him; I will surely defend my ways to his face!
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Pray to me when you are in trouble! I will deliver you, and you will honor me!”
  • Ps 91:15 : 15 When he calls out to me, I will answer him. I will be with him when he is in trouble; I will rescue him and bring him honor.
  • 2 Chr 33:11-13 : 11 So the LORD brought against them the commanders of the army of the king of Assyria. They seized Manasseh, put hooks in his nose, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon. 12 In his pain Manasseh asked the LORD his God for mercy and truly humbled himself before the God of his ancestors. 13 When he prayed to the LORD, the LORD responded to him and answered favorably his cry for mercy. The LORD brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the LORD is the true God.
  • Isa 26:16 : 16 O LORD, in distress they looked for you; they uttered incantations because of your discipline.
  • Lam 3:53-56 : 53 They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me. 54 The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die. 55 ק(Qof) I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit. 56 You heard my plea:“Do not close your ears to my cry for relief!”
  • Hos 5:15-6:3 : 15 Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me. 1 Superficial Repentance Breeds False Assurance of God’s Forgiveness“Come on! Let’s return to the LORD! He himself has torn us to pieces, but he will heal us! He has injured us, but he will bandage our wounds! 2 He will restore us in a very short time; he will heal us in a little while, so that we may live in his presence. 3 So let us search for him! Let us seek to know the LORD! He will come to our rescue as certainly as the appearance of the dawn, as certainly as the winter rain comes, as certainly as the spring rain that waters the land.”
  • Acts 16:24-25 : 24 Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks. 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the rest of the prisoners were listening to them.
  • Jas 5:13 : 13 Prayer for the Sick Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone in good spirits? He should sing praises.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jonah 2:2-5
    4 verses
    89%

    2 and said,“I called out to the LORD from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer.

    3 You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.

    4 I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

    5 Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

  • Jonah 2:9-10
    2 verses
    85%

    9 But as for me, I promise to offer a sacrifice to you with a public declaration of praise; I will surely do what I have promised. Salvation belongs to the LORD!”

    10 Then the LORD commanded the fish and it disgorged Jonah on dry land.

  • 84%

    14 So they cried out to the LORD,“Oh, please, LORD, don’t let us die on account of this man! Don’t hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, LORD, have done just as you pleased.”

    15 So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging.

    16 The men feared the LORD greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the LORD.

    17 Jonah Prays(2:1) The LORD sent a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the stomach of the fish three days and three nights.

  • Jonah 4:1-9
    9 verses
    76%

    1 Jonah Responds to God’s Kindness This displeased Jonah terribly and he became very angry.

    2 He prayed to the LORD and said,“Oh, LORD, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish!– because I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.

    3 So now, LORD, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!”

    4 The LORD said,“Are you really so very angry?”

    5 Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. He made a shelter for himself there and sat down under it in the shade to see what would happen to the city.

    6 The LORD God appointed a little plant and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue him from his misery. Now Jonah was very delighted about the little plant.

    7 So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.

    8 When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said,“I would rather die than live!”

    9 God said to Jonah,“Are you really so very angry about the little plant?” And he said,“I am as angry as I could possibly be!”

  • Jonah 1:1-8
    8 verses
    75%

    1 ¶ Jonah Tries to Run from the Lord The LORD’s message came to Jonah son of Amittai,

    2 “Go immediately to Nineveh, that large capital city, and announce judgment against its people because their wickedness has come to my attention.”

    3 Instead, Jonah immediately headed off to Tarshish to escape from the commission of the LORD. He traveled to Joppa and found a merchant ship heading to Tarshish. So he paid the fare and went aboard it to go with them to Tarshish far away from the LORD.

    4 But the LORD hurled a powerful wind on the sea. Such a violent tempest arose on the sea that the ship threatened to break up!

    5 The sailors were so afraid that each cried out to his own god and they flung the ship’s cargo overboard to make the ship lighter. Jonah, meanwhile, had gone down into the hold below deck, had lain down, and was sound asleep.

    6 The ship’s captain approached him and said,“What are you doing asleep? Get up! Cry out to your god! Perhaps your god might take notice of us so that we might not die!”

    7 The sailors said to one another,“Come on, let’s cast lots to find out whose fault it is that this disaster has overtaken us.” So they cast lots, and Jonah was singled out.

    8 They said to him,“Tell us, whose fault is it that this disaster has overtaken us? What’s your occupation? Where do you come from? What’s your country? And who are your people?”

  • Jonah 3:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 The People of Nineveh Respond to Jonah’s Warning The LORD’s message came to Jonah a second time,

    2 “Go immediately to Nineveh, that large city, and proclaim to it the message that I tell you.”

  • 1 A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.

  • 7 When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.

  • 1 A song of ascents. In my distress I cried out to the LORD and he answered me.

  • 40 For just as Jonah was in the belly of the huge fish for three days and three nights, so the Son of Man will be in the heart of the earth for three days and three nights.

  • 6 In my distress I called to the LORD; I cried out to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

  • 55 ק(Qof) I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit.

  • 17 He reached down from above and grabbed me; he pulled me from the surging water.

  • 16 He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.

  • 1 A well-written song by David, when he was in the cave; a prayer. To the LORD I cry out; to the LORD I plead for mercy.

  • 28 They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • 19 They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • 6 They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • 4 I called on the name of the LORD,“Please LORD, rescue my life!”

  • Jonah 3:4-5
    2 verses
    68%

    4 When Jonah began to enter the city one day’s walk, he announced,“At the end of forty days, Nineveh will be overthrown!”

    5 The people of Nineveh believed in God, and they declared a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least of them.

  • 11 Because the storm was growing worse and worse, they said to him,“What should we do to you so that the sea will calm down for us?”

  • 7 In my distress I called to the LORD; I called to my God. From his heavenly temple he heard my voice; he listened to my cry for help.

  • 8 To you, O LORD, I cried out; I begged the Lord for mercy:

  • 2 O LORD my God, I cried out to you and you healed me.

  • 13 They cried out to the LORD in their distress; he delivered them from their troubles.

  • 1 For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.