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OET (OET-RV) And he said,
⇔ “I called to you Yahweh in my distress and you answered me. I cried for help from the valley of death and you heard my voice.
OET-LV [fn] and_he/it_said I_called in_distress to_me to YHWH and_answered_me from_belly of_Shəʼōl I_cried_for_help you_heard my_sound/voice.
2:3 Note: KJB: Yōnāh.2.2
UHB 4 וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי מְצוּלָה֙ בִּלְבַ֣ב יַמִּ֔ים וְנָהָ֖ר יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי כָּל־מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ וְגַלֶּ֖יךָ עָלַ֥י עָבָֽרוּ׃ ‡
(4 vattashlīkēnī məʦūlāh biləⱱaⱱ yammim vənāhār yəşoⱱⱱēnī kāl-mishbāreykā vəgalleykā ˊālay ˊāⱱārū.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT Now you had cast me deep into the heart of the seas, and a current surrounded me;
⇔ all your billows and your waves passed over me.
UST You had thrown me into the deep water, into the middle of the sea where the currents swirled around me.
⇔ All of those terrible waves that you made passed above me.
BSB 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.
OEB ⇔ For you cast me into the deep,
⇔ into heart of the seas,
⇔ and the great flood rolled about me;
⇔ all your breakers and your waves
⇔ passed over me.
WEBBE For you threw me into the depths,
⇔ in the heart of the seas.
⇔ The flood was all around me.
⇔ All your waves and your billows passed over me.
WMBB (Same as above)
MSG (1-9)Then Jonah prayed to his God from the belly of the fish.
He prayed:
“In trouble, deep trouble, I prayed to God.
He answered me.
From the belly of the grave I cried, ‘Help!’
You heard my cry.
You threw me into ocean’s depths,
into a watery grave,
With ocean waves, ocean breakers
crashing over me.
I said, ‘I’ve been thrown away,
thrown out, out of your sight.
I’ll never again lay eyes
on your Holy Temple.’
Ocean gripped me by the throat.
The ancient Abyss grabbed me and held tight.
My head was all tangled in seaweed
at the bottom of the sea where the mountains take root.
I was as far down as a body can go,
and the gates were slamming shut behind me forever—
Yet you pulled me up from that grave alive,
O God, my God!
When my life was slipping away,
I remembered God,
And my prayer got through to you,
made it all the way to your Holy Temple.
Those who worship hollow gods, god-frauds,
walk away from their only true love.
But I’m worshiping you, God,
calling out in thanksgiving!
And I’ll do what I promised I’d do!
Salvation belongs to God!”
NET You threw me into the deep waters,
⇔ into the middle of the sea;
⇔ the ocean current engulfed me;
⇔ all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.
LSV When You cast me [into] the deep,
Into the heart of the seas,
Then the flood surrounds me,
All Your breakers and Your billows have passed over me.
FBV You threw me into the deep, all the way down to the bottom of the sea.[fn] Water flooded all around me; your crashing waves rolled over me.
2:3 Literally, “the heart of the sea.”
T4T You threw me down into the deep water, into the bottom [DOU] of the sea. The currents of the sea swirled around me, and the huge waves crashed above me.
LEB • into the deep, into the heart of the seas, • and the sea currents surrounded me; • all your breakers and your surging waves • passed over me.
BBE For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
Moff No Moff YNA (JNA) book available
JPS (2-4) For Thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all Thy waves and Thy billows passed over me.
ASV For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas,
⇔ And the flood was round about me;
⇔ All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
DRA And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice.
YLT 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.
Drby For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
RV For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
Wbstr For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods encompassed me: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
KJB-1769 For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.[fn]
(For thou/you hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassd me about: all thy/your billows and thy/your waves passed over me. )
2.3 midst: Heb. heart
KJB-1611 [fn]For thou hadst cast mee into the deepe, in the middest of the Seas, and the floods compassed me about: all thy billowes & thy waues passed ouer me.
(For thou/you hadst cast me into the deepe, in the midst of the Seas, and the floods compassd me about: all thy/your billowes and thy/your waves passed over me.)
2:3 Heb. heart.
Bshps Thou haddest cast me downe into the deepe, into the middest of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy billowes and waues passed ouer me.
(Thou haddest cast me down into the deepe, into the midst of the sea, and the floods compassd me about: all thy/your billowes and waves passed over me.)
Gnva For thou haddest cast me into the bottome in the middes of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy surges, and all thy waues passed ouer me.
(For thou/you haddest cast me into the bottome in the midst of the sea, and the floods compassd me about: all thy/your surges, and all thy/your waves passed over me. )
Cvdl Thou haddest cast me downe depe in ye middest off the see, and the floude compased me aboute: yee all thy wawes and rowles of water went ouer me,
(Thou haddest cast me down depe in ye/you_all midst off the see, and the floude compased me about: ye/you_all all thy/your wawes and rowles of water went over me,)
Wyc and seide, Y criede to God of my tribulacioun, and he herde me; fro the wombe of helle Y criede, and thou herdist my vois.
(and said, I cried to God of my tribulation, and he heard me; from the womb of hell I cried, and thou/you herdist my voice.)
Luth und sprach: Ich rief zu dem HErr’s in meiner Angst, und er antwortete mir ich schrie aus dem Bauch der Hölle, und du höretest meine Stimme.
(and spoke: I shouted to to_him LORD’s in my Angst, and he replied to_me I schrie out_of to_him Bauch the/of_the hell, and you heardst my Stimme.)
ClVg et dixit: [Clamavi de tribulatione mea ad Dominum, et exaudivit me; de ventre inferi clamavi, et exaudisti vocem meam.
(and dixit: [Clamavi about tribulatione mea to Dominum, and exaudivit me; about ventre inferi clamavi, and exaudisti vocem meam. )
BrTr and said,
¶ I cried in my affliction to the Lord my God, and he hearkened to me, even to my cry out of the belly of hell: thou heardest my voice.
BrLXX καὶ εἶπεν,
¶ Ἐβόησα ἐν θλίψει μου πρὸς Κύριον τὸν Θεόν μου, καὶ εἰσήκουσέ μου, ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου κραυγῆς μου, ἤκουσας φωνῆς μου, ἀπέῤῥιψάς με εἰς βάθη καρδίας θαλάσσης,
(kai eipen,
¶ Eboaʸsa en thlipsei mou pros Kurion ton Theon mou, kai eisaʸkouse mou, ek koilias hadou kraugaʸs mou, aʸkousas fōnaʸs mou, apeɽɽipsas me eis bathaʸ kardias thalassaʸs, )
2:1-9 Realizing that the Lord had graciously delivered him by sending the fish, Jonah composed this psalm-like prayer. Its careful structure, conforming to the pattern of an individual song of thanksgiving, suggests that it may have been composed after the event, as Jonah recalled his emotions and concerns.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בִּלְבַ֣ב יַמִּ֔ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said called in,distress to=me to/towards YHWH and,answered,me from,belly sheol cried_for_help you(ms)_paid_attention my=sound/voice )
Here the term heart is a metaphor for the center of something. To be in the heart of the seas means to be completely surrounded by sea water. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “under the sea water”
Note 2 topic: translate-plural
יַמִּ֔ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said called in,distress to=me to/towards YHWH and,answered,me from,belly sheol cried_for_help you(ms)_paid_attention my=sound/voice )
Here, Jonah refers to the sea by using the plural seas to intensify the idea. If it would be more natural in your language, you can use the singular and intensify the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the vast ocean”
וְנָהָ֖ר יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said called in,distress to=me to/towards YHWH and,answered,me from,belly sheol cried_for_help you(ms)_paid_attention my=sound/voice )
Alternate translation: “and the sea water flowed all around me”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ וְגַלֶּ֖יךָ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said called in,distress to=me to/towards YHWH and,answered,me from,belly sheol cried_for_help you(ms)_paid_attention my=sound/voice )
The terms billows and waves mean similar things. Both of these are disturbances on the surface of the ocean. Jonah is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could use a single term and express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: “your powerful waves”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ וְגַלֶּ֖יךָ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said called in,distress to=me to/towards YHWH and,answered,me from,belly sheol cried_for_help you(ms)_paid_attention my=sound/voice )
Here, Jonah is using the possessive form your to describe the billows and waves because they were caused by God. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could say this in a more natural way. Alternate translation: “the billows and waves that you created”