Jonah 2:7 “As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up t…”

Jonah 2:7

As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

World English Bible

“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

American Standard Version

When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.

Geneva Bible 1599

When my soule fainted within me, I remembred the Lord: and my prayer came vnto thee, into thine holy Temple.

Darby Translation

When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, Into thy holy temple.

Young's Literal Translation

In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple.

Bible in Basic English

When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.

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Cross references

“my soul”

Psalm 27:13 Psalm 22:14 Psalm 119:81–83 Hebrews 12:3

Psalm 27:13 · BSB

Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Psalm 119:81–83 · BSB

My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.

Hebrews 12:3 · BSB

Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

“I remembered”

1 Samuel 30:6 Psalm 143:5 Psalm 20:7 Psalm 42:11 Lamentations 3:21–26 Psalm 42:5

1 Samuel 30:6 · BSB

And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

Psalm 143:5 · BSB

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I consider the work of Your hands.

Psalm 20:7 · BSB

Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 42:11 · BSB

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him, my Savior and my God.

Lamentations 3:21–26 · BSB

Yet I call this to mind, and therefore I have hope:

Psalm 42:5 · BSB

Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why the unease within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise Him for the salvation of His presence.

“my prayer”

Psalm 18:6 2 Chronicles 30:27

Psalm 18:6 · BSB

In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.

2 Chronicles 30:27 · BSB

Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.

“holy”

Psalm 11:4 Psalm 65:4 Jonah 2:4 Micah 1:2 Habakkuk 2:20

Psalm 11:4 · BSB

The LORD is in His holy temple; the LORD is on His heavenly throne. His eyes are watching closely; they examine the sons of men.

Psalm 65:4 · BSB

Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.

Jonah 2:4 · BSB

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

Micah 1:2 · BSB

Hear, O peoples, all of you; listen, O earth, and everyone in it! May the Lord GOD bear witness against you, the Lord from His holy temple.

Habakkuk 2:20 · BSB

But the LORD is in His holy temple; let all the earth be silent before Him.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6To 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!

8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion.

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