Jonah 2:1 (YLT)

Passage

And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.

Nearby Context

Jonah 2:1 And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.

Jonah 2:2 And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

Jonah 2:3 When Thou dost cast me <FI>into<Fi> the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "jonah", "prayeth", "jehovah", "bowels", and "fish". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "jonah" and "prayeth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And he saith I called because of...", so "jonah" and "prayeth" should be read forward into that movement. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "jonah" and "prayeth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.