Jonah 2:2

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I cried by reason of mine affliction - , or, “out of affliction” which came “to me.” So the Psalmist thanked God in the same words, though in a d...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly (b) of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice. (...
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 Jon...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

cried . cried out. Not the same word as in the next clause, or in Jonah 1:5 . but the same as in Jonah 1:2 ; Jonah 1:5 ; Jonah 1:14 . heard ....
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Then he says, I cried, when I had trouble, to Jehovah, and he answered me. Jonah no doubt relates now, after having come forth from the bowel...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. Out of...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice....
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 pl...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Out of the belly of hell ] hell=Sheol, the realm of the dead, thought of here as a devouring monster. The phrase is purely pictorial: cp. 'from the...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

By reason of mine affliction. — See margin. There is a close correspondence between this opening and that of Psalms 120 Comp. also Psalms 18:6 ....
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...
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...
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 chronic...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let the Reader here learn, and learn with trembling, that sin will bring trouble even to God's dear children. So runs the charter in the covenant of...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And said ,.... Not unto the Lord in prayer, but to others, to whom he communicated what passed between God and him in this time of distress; how he...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, [and] thou heardest my voice. Ver....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then Jonah prayed Those devout thoughts and feelings which he had at that time, he afterward digested into the following prayer, and added a thanks...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah's Prayer; The Prophet in the Fish's Belly. B. C. 840....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And said: the former verse was a general account that he prayed, this word in the front of this verse is a transition to a more full account of his...
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, pro...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he said, “I called by reason of my affliction to YHWH, And he answered me, Out of the belly of Sheol I cried, You heard my voice.” As he sa...
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...
Scofield Reference Notes

hell Hebrew, "Sheol," ( See Scofield) - ( Habakkuk 2:5 ).
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 differ...
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...
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...
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 Biblical Illustrator

I cried by reason of mine affliction. Troubles and deliverance I. The fact of trouble. Jonah is at one with all men in a common experience of t...
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 pr...
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 d...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

and said, I cried by reason of mine affliction, out of the midst of the distress which he was suffering, unto the Lord, and He heard me; out of the...
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...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Affliction — Straits with which he was encompassed, his body and mind being both shut up, the one by the monstrous dungeon of the fish's belly, and...

² And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

Related Commentaries of Jonah 2:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jonah 2:2