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NASB | Jonah 2:2 and he said, "I called out of my distress to the LORD, And He answered me. I cried for help from the depth of Sheol; You heard my voice. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jonah 2:2 and said, "I called out of my trouble and distress to the LORD, And He answered me; Out of the belly of Sheol I cried for help, And You heard my voice. [Ps 120:1; 130:1; 142:1; Lam 3:55-58] |
Subject: Did Jonah die in the belly of the fish? |
Bible Note: Dear Azure, Interesting thoughts, I've been studying those citations and something came to mind, that, though we shouldn't take metaphor literally, we can still be pretty well assured, (with some semblance of certainty) of their meaning. For instance using the end of the verse Matt 12:40b Jesus says: "so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth." Now we know (at liaet we are pretty sure) He was not literally three days and nights in the heart of the earth, (though some may take it that way) and we do know His body was in the tomb, so we can say with some certainty that it is not literal. But nonetheless we can also say with some confidence that He (Jesus) is referring to His being dead. So the verses in Jonah that are inferring his being dead, wouldn't necessarily be breaking any rules in rendering them that way; as they appear to be saying, he, (Jonah) is also, dead. And these rules that we can follow in this rendering are already shown to us, and in a sense, precedent has been set in Matt 12:40b I'm sure we can find many examples like this with just a little bit of poking around. Anyway just some thoughts. God bless John |