KJV King James Version
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Jonah 2:7
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.
WEB World English Bible
“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
ASV American Standard Version
When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Jonah 2
4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5 The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars [was] about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.
10 And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בְּהִתְעַטֵּ֤ףH5848 · a.taphto turn asideעָלַי֙H5921 · aluponנַפְשִׁ֔יH5315 · ne.pheshsoulאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDזָכָ֑רְתִּיH2142 · za.kharto rememberוַתָּב֤וֹאH935 · boto come (in): comeאֵלֶ֙יךָ֙H413 · elto(wards)תְּפִלָּתִ֔יH8605 · te.phil.lahprayerאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)הֵיכַ֖לH1964 · he.khaltempleקָדְשֶֽׁךָ׃H6944 · qo.deshholiness
Cross-references
Psalm 18:6In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God: he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, [even] into his ears.2 Chronicles 30:27Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came [up] to his holy dwelling place, [even] unto heaven.Psalm 143:5I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.1 Samuel 30:6And David was greatly distressed; for the people spake of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, every man for his sons and for his daughters: but David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.Psalm 11:4The LORD [is] in his holy temple, the LORD’S throne [is] in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.Psalm 77:10-11And I said, This [is] my infirmity: [but I will remember] the years of the right hand of the most High.Psalm 20:7Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.Psalm 27:13[I had fainted], unless I had believed to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.Psalm 42:11Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.Lamentations 3:21-26This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope.Psalm 65:4Blessed [is the man whom] thou choosest, and causest to approach [unto thee, that] he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, [even] of thy holy temple.2 Corinthians 1:9-10But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:Psalm 43:5Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise him, [who is] the health of my countenance, and my God.Habakkuk 2:20But the LORD [is] in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him.Jonah 2:4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.Psalm 119:81-83CAPH. My soul fainteth for thy salvation: [but] I hope in thy word.Psalm 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.Isaiah 50:10Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
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