Jonah 2:8
“They that obserue lying vanities, forsake their owne mercy.”
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Jonah 2:8 Context
6I went downe to the bottomes of the mountaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer: yet hast thou brought vp my life from corruption, O Lord my God. 7When my soule fainted within mee, I remembred the Lord, and my prayer came in vnto thee, into thine holy Temple. 8They that obserue lying vanities, forsake their owne mercy. 9But I wil sacrifice vnto thee with the voice of thanksgiuing, I will pay that that I haue vowed: saluation is of the Lord. 10¶ And the Lord spake vnto the fish, and it vomited out Ionah vpon the drie land.
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Other Translations for Jonah 2:8
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
- King James Version
"Those who regard vain idols Forsake their faithfulness,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The worshippers of false gods have given up their only hope.
- Basic English Bible
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
- Darby Bible
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
- Webster's Bible
Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
- World English Bible
Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.
- Youngs Literal Bible
(2:9) They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jonah 2:8
2:8 They - Whoever they are that depend upon idols. Mercy - The Lord, who is to all that depend upon him, the fountain of living waters; who is an eternal fountain of mercy, and flows freely to all that wait for him.