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Jonah 2:4

Jonah 2:4
Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul,.... Either when he was first cast into the sea, which almost suffocated…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

I am cast out of Thy sight - , literally, “from before Thine eyes.” Jonah had willfully withdrawn from standing in God’s…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

I am cast out of thy sight - See Psa 31:22.

Thy holy temple - Then Jerusalem was not yet destroyed, for the temple was…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

Then I said, &c. The first clause of this verse may, perhaps, be a reminiscence of the first clause of Psa 31:22 (Heb.…