Jonah 2:9

But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Jonah speaks to the LORD from inside the fish, between his denunciation of idolaters (v. 8) and the fish's release of him onto dry land (v. 10).

The words — תּוֹדָה (tôdâ) names a specific thanksgiving offering, not a generic expression of thanks. יְשׁוּעָה (yeshû'â) is the noun for rescue, the same root as the name Yeshua.

The thread — The vow-fulfillment command echoes Ecclesiastes 5:4 and Psalms 50:14; the formula "salvation is from the LORD" recurs in Psalms 3:8.

Why it lands — The verse ties gratitude to a concrete obligation: a vow already made must be paid, not deferred. It also removes the speaker as the agent of his own rescue, locating it entirely in the LORD.

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The Hebrew words

וַאֲנִ֗יva./'a.Niand/ I בְּק֤וֹלbe./Kolwith/ a voice of תּוֹדָה֙to.Dahthanksgiving אֶזְבְּחָה־'ez.be.chah-I will sacrificeלָּ֔ךְLa/khto <the>/ youאֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sher[that] which נָדַ֖רְתִּיna.Dar.tiI have vowed אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה'a.sha.Le.mahI will fulfill יְשׁוּעָ֖תָהye.shu.'A.tahrescue לַיהוָֽה׃ סla./Yah.weh[belongs] to/ Yahweh

King James Version

But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the Lord.

Cross-references

Psalms 3:8 Salvation belongs to the LORD; may Your blessing be on Your people. Selah
Psalms 50:14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and fulfill your vows to the Most High.
Ecclesiastes 5:4 When you make a vow to God, do not delay in fulfilling it, because He takes no pleasure in fools. Fulfill your vow.
Hebrews 13:15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
Psalms 50:23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
Psalms 68:20 Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
Psalms 116:17 I will offer to You a sacrifice of thanksgiving and call on the name of the LORD.
Hosea 14:2 Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
Psalms 37:39 The salvation of the righteous is from the LORD; He is their stronghold in time of trouble.
Isaiah 45:17 But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.