Jonah 2:4

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jonah 2:4

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’

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KJV

King James Version

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

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WEB

World English Bible

I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’

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ASV

American Standard Version

And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jonah 2

² saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.

³ For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.

⁴ At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’

⁵ The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

⁶ To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

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