InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Yna 2 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10
OET-LV (JNA 2:2) [fn] And_ Yōnāh _he_prayed to YHWH his/its_god from_the_inward_parts_of the_fish.
2:2 Note: KJB: Yōnāh.2.1
This section records the prayer that Jonah prayed after he was swallowed by the fish. Notice that the prayer is in the form of poetry. (Both BSB and GNT show this.) Therefore the structure of chapter two is very different from the other three chapters in Jonah, which are narrative material. If possible, try to translate the material in this chapter in a natural poetic form in your language. However, remember that the message is more important than the form in which it is written.
When the sailors threw Jonah overboard into the sea, he thought he would drown. However, the large fish which the LORD sent swallowed him, so he was saved from the stormy sea.
From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
¶ While Jonah was inside the fish, he prayed to Yahweh his God,
From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God: Then Jonah prayed the following prayer thanking the LORD for rescuing him (even though he was not yet on dry land!).
his God: This does not mean Jonah owned God. It means the God whom Jonah served and worshiped. Depending on how you have chosen to translate “LORD,” there may be difficulties in translating this combined expression. See the discussion on LORD in the Introduction.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהָ֑יו
YHWH his/its=god
Here, the author is using the possessive form to describe Yahweh as the God whom Jonah worshiped. The word his does not mean that Jonah owned God. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Yahweh, the God to whom he belonged,]
OET-LV (JNA 2:2) [fn] And_ Yōnāh _he_prayed to YHWH his/its_god from_the_inward_parts_of the_fish.
2:2 Note: KJB: Yōnāh.2.1
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.