| Christian Standard Bible | English Standard Version |
| 1Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish: | 1Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish, |
| 2I called to the LORD in my distress, and he answered me. I cried out for help from deep inside Sheol; you heard my voice. | 2saying, “I called out to the LORD, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of Sheol I cried, and you heard my voice. |
| 3You threw me into the depths, into the heart of the seas, and the current overcame me. All your breakers and your billows swept over me. | 3For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me. |
| 4But I said, "I have been banished from your sight, yet I will look once more toward your holy temple. | 4Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ |
| 5The water engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. | 5The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head |
| 6I sank to the foundations of the mountains, the earth's gates shut behind me forever! Then you raised my life from the Pit, LORD my God! | 6at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God. |
| 7As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, to your holy temple. | 7When my life was fainting away, I remembered the LORD, and my prayer came to you, into your holy temple. |
| 8Those who cherish worthless idols abandon their faithful love, | 8Those who pay regard to vain idols forsake their hope of steadfast love. |
| 9but as for me, I will sacrifice to you with a voice of thanksgiving. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation belongs to the LORD." | 9But I with the voice of thanksgiving will sacrifice to you; what I have vowed I will pay. Salvation belongs to the LORD!” |
| 10Then the LORD commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land. | 10And the LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land. |
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