{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/ylt/jonah/2","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:28:38.920Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Jonah","bookSlug":"jonah","chapter":2,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":1,"nextChapter":3,"totalChapters":4,"totalVerses":10},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"When Thou dost cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And I — I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!)"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars are behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I — with a voice of thanksgiving — I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation is of Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land."}],"citation":{"inline":"Jonah 2 (YLT)","markdown":"[Jonah 2](https://primebible.com/ylt/jonah/2)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/jonah/2 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}