1 И҆ повелѣ̀ гдⷭ҇ь ки́тꙋ вели́комꙋ пожре́ти і҆ѡ́нꙋ. И҆ бѣ̀ і҆ѡ́на во чре́вѣ ки́товѣ трѝ дни̑ и҆ трѝ нѡ́щи. 2 И҆ помоли́сѧ і҆ѡ́на ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ бг҃ꙋ своемꙋ̀ ѿ чре́ва ки́това 3 и҆ речѐ: возопи́хъ въ ско́рби мое́й ко гдⷭ҇ꙋ бг҃ꙋ моемꙋ̀, и҆ ᲂу҆слы́ша мѧ̀: и҆з̾ чре́ва а҆́дова во́пль мо́й, ᲂу҆слы́шалъ є҆сѝ гла́съ мо́й: 4 ѿве́рглъ мѧ̀ є҆сѝ во глꙋбины̑ се́рдца морска́гѡ, и҆ рѣ́ки ѡ҆быдо́ша мѧ̀: всѧ̑ высоты̀ твоѧ̑ и҆ вѡ́лны твоѧ̑ на мнѣ̀ преидо́ша. 5 И҆ а҆́зъ рѣ́хъ: ѿри́нꙋсѧ ѿ ѻ҆́чїю твое́ю: є҆да̀ приложꙋ̀ призрѣ́ти мѝ ко хра́мꙋ ст҃о́мꙋ твоемꙋ̀; 6 Возлїѧ́сѧ на мѧ̀ вода̀ до дꙋшѝ моеѧ̀, бе́здна ѡ҆бы́де мѧ̀ послѣ́днѧѧ, понрѐ глава̀ моѧ̀ въ разсѣ̑лины го́ръ, 7 снидо́хъ въ зе́млю, є҆ѧ́же верєѝ є҆ѧ̀ закле́пи вѣ́чнїи: и҆ да взы́детъ и҆з̾ и҆стлѣ́нїѧ живо́тъ мо́й къ тебѣ̀, гдⷭ҇и бж҃е мо́й. 8 Внегда̀ скончава́тисѧ ѿ менє̀ дꙋшѝ мое́й, гдⷭ҇а помѧнꙋ́хъ, и҆ да прїи́детъ къ тебѣ̀ моли́тва моѧ̀ ко хра́мꙋ ст҃о́мꙋ твоемꙋ̀. 9 Хранѧ́щїи сꙋ́єтнаѧ и҆ лѡ́жнаѧ млⷭ҇ть свою̀ ѡ҆ста́виша: 10 а҆́зъ же со гла́сомъ хвале́нїѧ и҆ и҆сповѣ́данїѧ пожрꙋ̀ тебѣ̀, є҆ли̑ка ѡ҆бѣща́хъ, возда́мъ тебѣ̀ во спⷭ҇нїе моѐ гдⷭ҇еви. 11 И҆ повелѣ̀ гдⷭ҇ь ки́тови, и҆ и҆зве́рже і҆ѡ́нꙋ на сꙋ́шꙋ.
Jonah · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Jonah 2 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Lamentations 3:53–56; Psalm 91:15; Psalm 130:1–2; Job 13:15; Isaiah 26:16
- 2 Psalm 18:4–6; Psalm 120:1; Psalm 34:6; Psalm 86:13; Psalm 88:1–7
- 3 Psalm 42:7; Lamentations 3:54; Psalm 69:1–2; Psalm 69:14–15; Psalm 88:5–8
- 4 Psalm 31:22; Psalm 5:7; 2 Chronicles 6:38; Isaiah 38:17; 1 Kings 8:38–39
- 5 Psalm 69:1–2; Lamentations 3:54; Psalm 40:2
- 6 Psalm 30:3; Psalm 16:10; Isaiah 38:17; Deuteronomy 32:22; Psalm 143:7
- 7 Psalm 18:6; 2 Chronicles 30:27; Psalm 143:5; Psalm 11:4; 1 Samuel 30:6
- 8 Psalm 31:6; Jeremiah 2:13; 2 Kings 17:15; 1 Samuel 12:21; Jeremiah 10:8
- 9 Psalm 3:8; Psalm 50:14; Ecclesiastes 5:4–5; Hebrews 13:15; Psalm 50:23
- 10 Matthew 8:26–27; Psalm 33:9; Matthew 8:8–9; Isaiah 50:2; Genesis 1:3
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… unhoped-for salvation from God, might rise from the dead, and glorify God, and repeat that word which was uttered in prophecy by Jonah: "I cried by reason of mine affliction to the Lord my God, and He heard me out of the belly of hell;" and that he might always continue glorifying God, and giving thanks without ceasing, for that …
Jonas cried from the deep; from the whale's belly. He was not only beneath the waves, but also in the entrails of the beast; nevertheless, those waves and that body prevented not his prayer from reaching God, and the beast's belly could not contain the voice of his prayer.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
Of this our Saviour the Prophet Jonas formed the type, when he prayed out of the belly of the whale, and said, I cried in my affliction, and so on; out of the belly of hell, and yet he was in the whale; but though in the whale, he says that he is in Hades; for he was a …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)