Jon 2:10 | NET2full | STEP | Then the Lord commanded the fish and it vomited Jonah out onto dry land .

‏ Jonah 2:10

10 Then the Lord commanded ^{▼▼tn Heb “spoke to.” The fish functions as a literary foil to highlight Jonah’s hesitancy to obey God up to this point. In contrast to Jonah, who immediately fled when God commanded him, the fish immediately obeyed.} the fish and it vomited Jonah out onto dry land.