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Jonah Chapter 2 verse 8 Holy Bible

ASV Jonah 2:8

They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
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BBE Jonah 2:8

When my soul in me was overcome, I kept the memory of the Lord: and my prayer came in to you, into your holy Temple.
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DARBY Jonah 2:8

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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KJV Jonah 2:8

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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WBT Jonah 2:8

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WEB Jonah 2:8

Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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YLT Jonah 2:8

Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 8. - Jonah contrasts the joy and comfort arising from the thought of God with the miserable fate of idolaters. They that observe (Psalm 31:6); court, pay deference to, reverence. Lying vanities; Septuagint, μάταια καὶ ψευδῆ, "vain things and false." Idom (comp. Jeremiah 18:15; Hosea 12:11; 1 Corinthians 8:4). Their own mercy; i.e. their state of favour with God - the mercy shown to them, as "the mercies of [shown to] David" (Isaiah 55:3); or God himself, the Fountain of mercy and goodness (Psalm 144:2). Henderson translates, "forsake their Benefactor."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(8) They that observe lying vanities.--See Note, Psalm 31:6.Forsake their own mercy--i.e., forfeit their own share of the covenant grace. In Psalm 37:28 it is said that Jehovah does not forsake his chasidim; they, however, by forsaking Jehovah (Himself called Israel's mercy, Psalm 144:2, margin) and His law (Psalm 89:30) can forfeit their chesed or covenant privilege.