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Jonah 2:7 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Jonah 2:7 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jonah chapter 2 verse 7 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.”
Jonah 2:7 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jonah 2:7
When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. At the point of death, Jonah finally turns to God in genuine prayer. "When my soul fainted within me" (behit'atef alay nafshi, בְּהִתְעַטֵּף עָלַי נַפְשִׁי) uses ataf (עָטַף), meaning to grow faint, feeble, or weak. The reflexive form indicates self-induced weakness—as Jonah's life ebbed away, consciousness fading, at that extremity he "remembered the LORD" (et-YHWH zakarti, אֶת־יְהוָה זָכָרְתִּי)."Remembered" (zakar, זָכַר) in Hebrew means more than mental recollection—it implies cal...
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Cross-References for Jonah 2:7
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“and cried to my God. He heard my voice out of his temple. My cry before him came into his ears.”
“and their prayer came up to his holy habitation”
“I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.”
“The LORD is in his holy temple”
“because the soul of all the people was grieved”
“and some in horses”
“I will appeal to this: the years of the right hand of the Most High.”
“I had fainted”
“my soul? Why are you disturbed within me? Hope in God! For I shall still praise him”
“we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves”