The Tanach, with the evidence built in
This is the complete Hebrew Bible in the Jewish Publication Society translation. Wherever a real archaeological find bears on the text, those words are underlined in gold✦. Hover over them or tap them to see the artifact and what it confirms. From there, Next find takes you to the next underline, so you can tour a whole book’s evidence, and the share button turns the verse into an image.
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Chapter 2
1The LORD provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah; and Jonah remained in the fish’s belly three days and three nights.
2Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the belly of the fish.
3He said:In my trouble I called to the LORD,And He answered me;From the belly of Sheol I cried out,And You heard my voice.
4You cast me into the depths,Into the heart of the sea,The floods engulfed me;All Your breakers and billowsSwept over me.
5I thought I was driven awayOut of Your sight:Would I ever gaze againUpon Your holy Temple?
6The waters closed in over me,The deep engulfed me.Weeds twined around my head.
7I sank to the base of the mountains;The bars of the earth closed upon me forever.Yet You brought my life up from the pit,O LORD my God!
8When my life was ebbing away,I called the LORD to mind;And my prayer came before You,Into Your holy Temple.
9They who cling to empty follyForsake their own welfare,
10But I, with loud thanksgiving,Will sacrifice to You;What I have vowed I will perform.Deliverance is the LORD’s!
11The LORD commanded the fish, and it spewed Jonah out upon dry land.
Translation: Tanakh: The Holy Scriptures (Jewish Publication Society, 1985), via Sefaria, used under CC BY-NC.
Paragraph divisions follow the Masoretic text (Miqra according to the Masorah, CC BY-SA).