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The Book of Jonah, Chapter 2, Verse 8

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When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.
King James Version
They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
American Standard Version
They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.
New English Translation
Those who worship worthless idols forfeit the mercy that could be theirs.
World English Bible
Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
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But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.
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And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon the dry [land].
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And the word of the LORD came unto Jonah the second time, saying,
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Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
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So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.
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And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.
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So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
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For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered [him] with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
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And he caused [it] to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
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But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that [is] in their hands.