Jonah 2:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. ”

Jonah 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am cast out of Thy sight - , literally, “from before Thine eyes.” Jonah had willfully withdrawn from standing in God’s presence. Now God had taken him at his word, and, as it seemed, cast him o...
Jonah 2:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then I said, I am (c) cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. (c) This declared what his prayer was, and how he laboured between hope and despair, considering the neglec...
Jonah 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Thanksgiving for Deliverance. This psalm is a thanksgiving for deliverance from peril, and therefore, if spoken by Jonah, should have followed Jonah 2:10 . The description, however, is quite unsui...
Jonah 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Then said, &c. Compare Psa 81:22 toward, &c. Compare 1 Kings 8:38 . holy. See note on Exodus 3:5 .
Jonah 2:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

In the first clause of this verse Jonah confirms again what I have said, — that when he sought to pray, not only the door was closed against him, but there were mountains, as it were, interveni...
Jonah 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. I am cast out of thy sight - See Psalms 31:22 . Thy holy temple - Then Jerusalem was not yet destroyed, for th...
Jonah 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Then I said, I am cast out, &c.— "My first apprehensions were, that as I had justly forfeited thy favour for my disobedience, so thou wouldst cast me out of thy protection. But, upon recollecti...
Jonah 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight - i:e., from thy favourable regard. A just retribution on one wh...
Jonah 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

His Prayer of Thanksgiving This beautiful song of deliverance shows clearly the familiarity of the writer with earlier Psalms. It reflects very plainly the horror inspired by the sea in the minds...
Jonah 2:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I am cast out of thy sight. — “Jonah had wilfully withdrawn from standing in God’s presence. Now God had taken him at his word, and, as it seemed, cast him out of it. David had said in his haste, “...
Jonah 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE GREAT FISH AND WHAT IT MEANS-THE PSALM John 2:1-10 AT this point in the tale appears the Great Fish. "And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the f...
Jonah 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Prayer from the Depths John 1:17 ; John 2:1-10 The great fish was probably a shark. He who sent the storm prepared the fish. Life is full of contrivances on the part of the great Lover of me...
Jonah 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the midst of the strange and awful circumstances in which he found himself, Jonah poured out his soul in anguish to Jehovah. The prayer as chronicled for us consists of quotations from the Book of...
Jonah 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The words of Jonah are very remarkable when he saith, though he was cast out of the Lord's sight, yet he would look again. A plain proof that he had looked before. But what I particularly beg the Rea...
Jonah 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight ,.... Or, "from before thine eyes" d; the Targum, from before thy Word; as David also said in his distress, Psalms 31:22 ; not but that he knew he was in the...
Jonah 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. Ver. 4. Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight ] Thus those straits brought him to these disputes of despair...
Jonah 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then I said, I am cast out , &c. “My first apprehensions were, that as I had justly forfeited thy favour by my disobedience, so thou wouldest cast me out of thy protection; yet, upon recollectin...
Jonah 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah's Prayer; The Prophet in the Fish's Belly. B. C. 840. 1 Then Jonah prayed unto the...
Jonah 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then: though this word with us ordinarily denoteth time, yet here it denoteth order and connexion; the Hebrew is And. I said , with myself, I thought in the midst of my fears and sufferings. I am...
Jonah 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah's Prayer Of Repentance And Gratitude ( Jonah 2:1-10 ). Finding himself rescued from drowning, Jonah expressed his gratitude to God, and, probably puzzled as to where he was, called on God fo...
Jonah 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Prayed ] Really praised. His ] not only to Jehovah as the sailors did. “He shows his faith by adoring Him as his God” [ Burk ], The structure of this hymn, composed like many...
Jonah 2:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 1-4 Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ. I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the similitude of the...
Jonah 2:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 2:1 . Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly. What a strange place for prayer! Surely then is the only prayer that ever went up to God out of a fish's belly. Jonah...
Jonah 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 2:4 . Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight. After what we have heard of the misguided and offending conduct of Jonah, we need not wonder to find him sinking into deep dejection and distre...
Jonah 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

And Jonah prayed unto the Lord his God, out of the fish’s belly. The return to God The object in setting forth the history of Jonah is to show the nature of his sin, the truth of his penitence,...
Jonah 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jonah 2:1-32 Part I. JONAH 'S PRAYER AND DELIVERANCE . Jonah 2:1-32 1 . Jonah, in the belly of the fish, offers a prayer of thanksgiving for his rescue from death by...
Jonah 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah's Prayer of Thanksgiving and Praise. The words, as here recorded, are not a prayer for deliverance, but a thanksgiving to the Lord for the deliverance already effected. From this we see, as...
Jonah 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:38 ; 1 Kings 8:39 ; 1 Kings 8:42 ; 1 Kings 8:48 ; 1 Kings 9:7 ; 2 Chronicles 6:38 ; Daniel 6:10 ; Ezekiel 37:11 ; Isaiah 38:10-14 ; Isaiah 38:17 ; Isaiah 49:14 ; Jeremiah 15:1 ;...
Jonah 2:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jonah, in the School of Affliction Jonah 2:1-9 INTRODUCTORY WORDS When we think of Jonah in the whale's belly, we are thinking of the Lord in the heart of the earth. When we think of Christ in...
Jonah 2:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I said — With myself, I thought in the midst of my fears and sufferings. Cast out — Cut off from all hope of life, and as it were forgotten of God. I will look — Toward heaven.

Jonah 2:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jonah 2:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jonah 2:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jonah 2:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jonah 2:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jonah 2:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jonah 2:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 2:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah 2:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jonah 2:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 2:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 2:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 2:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jonah 2:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jonah 2:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah 2:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jonah 2:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Jonah 2:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes