Jonah 2:9-10 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 2:1-9

God and his servant Jonah had parted in anger, and the quarrel began on Jonah's side; he fled from his country that he might outrun his work; but we hope to see them both together again, and the reconciliation begins on God's side. In the close of the foregoing chapter we found God returning to Jonah in a way of mercy, delivering him from going down to the pit, having found a ransom; in this chapter we find Jonah returning to God in a way of duty; he was called up in the former chapter to pray... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 2:10

We have here Jonah's discharge from his imprisonment, and his deliverance from that death which there he was threatened with?his return, though not to life, for he lived in the fish's belly, yet to the land of the living, for from that he seemed to be quite cut off?his resurrection, though not from death, yet from the grave, for surely ne bf5 ver man was so buried alive as Jonah was in the fish's belly. His enlargement may be considered, 1. As an instance of God's power over all the creatures.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:9

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving ,.... Not only offer up a legal sacrifice in a ceremonial way, when he came to Jerusalem; but along with it the spiritual sacrifice of praise, which he knew was more acceptable unto God; and thus Christ, his antitype, upon his deliverance from his enemies, Psalm 22:22 ; I will pay that I vowed ; when he was in distress; as that he would sacrifice after the above manner, or behave in a better manner for the future than he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 2:10

And the Lord spake unto the fish ,.... Or gave orders to it; he that made it could command it; all creatures are the servants of God, and do his will; what he says is done; he so ordered it by his providence, that this fish should come near the shore, and be so wrought upon by his power, that it could not retain Jonah any longer in its belly. It may be rendered F8 So ו is sometimes used, and is so rendered, Psal. lxxviii. 34. Job x. 10. See Noldius, p. 308, 309. , "then the Lord... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:9

But I will sacrifice unto thee - I will make a sincere vow, which, as soon as my circumstances will permit, I will faithfully execute; and therefore he adds, "I will pay that which I have vowed." Salvation is of the Lord - All deliverance from danger, preservation of life, recovery from sickness, and redemption of the soul from the power, guilt, and pollution of sin, is from Jehovah. He alone is the Savior, he alone is the Deliverer; for all salvation is from the Lord. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:10

And the Lord spake unto the fish - That is, by his influence the fish swam to shore, and cast Jonah on the dry land. So the whole was a miracle from the beginning to the end; and we need not perplex ourselves to find out literal interpretations; such as, "When Jonah was thrown overboard he swam for his life, earnestly praying God to preserve him from drowning; and by his providence he was thrown into a place of fish - a fishing cove, where he was for a time entangled among the weeds, and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:9

Verse 9 Jonah therefore rightly adds, But I, with the voice of praise, will sacrifice to thee; as though he said While men as it were banish themselves from God, by giving themselves up to errors, I will sacrifice to thee and to thee alone, O Lord. And this ought to be observed by us; for as our minds are prone to falsehood and vanity, any new superstition will easily lay hold so us, except we be restrained by this bond, except we be fully persuaded, — that true salvation dwells in God alone,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 2:10

Verse 10 The deliverance of Jonah is here in few words described; but how attentively ought we to consider the event? It was an incredible miracle, that Jonah should have continued alive and safe in the bowels of the fish for three days. For how was it that he was not a thousand times smothered or drowned by waters? We know that fish continually draw in water: Jonah could not certainly respire while in the fish; and the life of man without breathing can hardly continue for a minute. Jonah,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 2:1-9

1 . Jonah, in the belly of the fish, offers a prayer of thanksgiving for his rescue from death by drowning, in which he sees a pledge of further deliverance. read more