Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ New Living Translation Then I said, ‘O LORD, you have driven me from your presence. Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’ English Standard Version Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; yet I shall again look upon your holy temple.’ Berean Standard Bible At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’ King James Bible Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. New King James Version Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight; Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ New American Standard Bible “So I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ NASB 1995 “So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ NASB 1977 “So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Thy sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Thy holy temple.’ Legacy Standard Bible So I said, ‘I have been driven away from Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ Amplified Bible “Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight. Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’ Christian Standard Bible And I said, “I have been banished from your sight, yet I will look once more toward your holy temple.” Holman Christian Standard Bible But I said: I have been banished from Your sight, yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple. American Standard Version And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. Contemporary English Version I thought I was swept away from your sight, never again to see your holy temple. English Revised Version And I said, am cast out from before thine eyes; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Then I thought, 'I have been banished from your sight. Will I ever see your holy temple again?' Good News Translation I thought I had been banished from your presence and would never see your holy Temple again. International Standard Version So I told myself, 'I have been driven away from you. How will I again gaze on your holy Temple?' Majority Standard Bible At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’ NET Bible I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple! New Heart English Bible I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.' Webster's Bible Translation Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again towards thy holy temple. World English Bible I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd I said: I have been cast out from before Your eyes "" (Yet I add to look to Your holy temple!) Young's Literal Translation And I -- I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!) Smith's Literal Translation And I said, I was driven from before thine eyes; yet I shall add to look to thy holy temple. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see thy holy temple again. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Then I said, “I am banished from your sight! How will I again look upon your holy temple?” New Revised Standard Version Then I said, ‘I am driven away from your sight; how shall I look again upon your holy temple?’ Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleThen I said, I am cast afar out of thy sight; yet now I will see again thy holy temple. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated But I said: ‘I am removed far from before your eyes, even now I continue to see your holy temple OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And I said: 'I am cast out From before Thine eyes'; Yet I will look again Toward Thy holy temple. Brenton Septuagint Translation And I said, I am cast out of thy presence: shall I indeed look again toward thy holy temple? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Jonah's Prayer…3For 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. 4At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’ 5The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.… Cross References Psalm 31:22 In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help. Lamentations 3:54-56 The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die. / I called on Your name, O LORD, out of the depths of the Pit. / You heard my plea: “Do not ignore my cry for relief.” Psalm 42:7 Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me. Psalm 88:6-7 You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. / Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah Psalm 69:1-2 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. / I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me. Psalm 130:1-2 A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD! / O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy. Psalm 77:7-9 “Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again? / Is His loving devotion gone forever? Has His promise failed for all time? / Has God forgotten to be gracious? Has His anger shut off His compassion?” Selah Isaiah 38:17 Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back. Psalm 18:4-6 The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. / The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. / 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. Psalm 22:1-2 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? / I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest. Matthew 12:40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. Luke 11:30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation. Matthew 27:46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. ... 2 Corinthians 1:8-10 We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us, Treasury of Scripture Then I said, I am cast out of your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple. I said. Psalm 31:22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee. Psalm 77:1-7 To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A Psalm of Asaph. I cried unto God with my voice, even unto God with my voice; and he gave ear unto me… Isaiah 38:10-14,17 I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave: I am deprived of the residue of my years… out. 1 Kings 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: Jeremiah 7:15 And I will cast you out of my sight, as I have cast out all your brethren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. Jeremiah 15:1 Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. toward. 1 Kings 8:38,39,42,48 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands toward this house: … 2 Chronicles 6:38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name: Psalm 5:7 But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple. Jump to Previous Add Banished Cast Expelled Eyes Holy Nevertheless Presence Sight Temple TowardsJump to Next Add Banished Cast Expelled Eyes Holy Nevertheless Presence Sight Temple TowardsJonah 2 1. The prayer of Jonah.10. He is delivered out of the belly of the fish. At this, I said This phrase marks a pivotal moment of introspection and realization for Jonah. The Hebrew word for "said" (אָמַר, 'amar) often implies not just speaking but a deep, internal dialogue. Jonah is not merely recounting events; he is engaging in a profound moment of self-reflection. This introspection is crucial in the narrative, as it signifies Jonah's transition from despair to a glimmer of hope. In the broader scriptural context, moments of internal dialogue often precede significant spiritual revelations or transformations. I have been banished from Your sight yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple Yet I will look again.--The Hebrew is very impressive, and reads like one of those exile hopes so common in the Psalms: "Yet I have one thing left, to turn towards Thy holy Temple and pray." (For the attitude see Note on Psalm 28:2.) Verse 4. - Jonah confesses that he at first fully expected death; but faith and hope soon triumphed over despondency. I am cast out of thy sight. This was his thought when what is mentioned in ver. 3 happened unto him. The words are a reminiscence of Psalm 31:22, altered somewhat to suit Jonah's circumstances. The psalmist says, "I said in my haste." Jonah says simply, "I said," without any limitation; and for "I am cut off," Jonah uses, "I am cast out." Septuagint, ἀπῶσμαι - a strong term, implying banishment with violence. Out of thy sight; literally, frown before thine eyes; i.e. from thy protecting care (comp. 1 Samuel 26:24; 1 Kings 8:29). He who had fled from the presence of the Lord in Canaan fears that he has forfeited the favour of God. Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. I will turn in prayer to that holy place where thou dost manifest thy presence. The Jews were wont to turn towards Jerusalem when they prayed (comp. 1 Kings 8:30, etc.; Daniel 6:10; Psalm 18:6; Psalm 28:2). Some think that Jonah expresses a hope of worshipping again in the temple; but the turn of expression in the text hardly warrants this. Others refer the term to the heavenly temple, as they do in ver. 7; Psalm 11:4; Psalm 18:6.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew At this, Iוַאֲנִ֣י (wa·’ă·nî) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I said, אָמַ֔רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say ‘I have been banished נִגְרַ֖שְׁתִּי (niḡ·raš·tî) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 1644: To drive out from a, possession, to expatriate, divorce from מִנֶּ֣גֶד (min·ne·ḡeḏ) Preposition-m Strong's 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before Your sight; עֵינֶ֑יךָ (‘ê·ne·ḵā) Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain yet אַ֚ךְ (’aḵ) Adverb Strong's 389: A particle of affirmation, surely I will look לְהַבִּ֔יט (lə·hab·bîṭ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's 5027: To scan, look intently at, to regard once more אוֹסִ֣יף (’ō·w·sîp̄) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular Strong's 3254: To add, augment toward אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Your holy קָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃ (qāḏ·še·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity temple.’ הֵיכַ֖ל (hê·ḵal) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1964: A large public building, palace, temple Links Jonah 2:4 NIVJonah 2:4 NLT Jonah 2:4 ESV Jonah 2:4 NASB Jonah 2:4 KJV Jonah 2:4 BibleApps.com Jonah 2:4 Biblia Paralela Jonah 2:4 Chinese Bible Jonah 2:4 French Bible Jonah 2:4 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Jonah 2:4 I said 'I have been banished (Jon. 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