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Jonah 2:8 KJV
Jonah · chapter 2 · verse 8 · King James Version
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.Jonah 2:8 · King James Version
Jonah 2:8 in context
6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
10And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry land.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- vanitieshebelemptiness or vanityH1892 →
- observeshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- forsakeʻâzabto loosenH5800 →
- lyingshâvᵉʼevil , literally or morallyH7723 →
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