The LORD spoke to the fish, and it vomited Jonah out upon the dry land Jonah 2:10. The release happens by God’s command, not by Jonah’s actions Jonah 2:10.
In Jonah 2:10, the episode inside the fish ends abruptly and decisively. Yahweh gives a command to the fish, and the fish responds by expelling Jonah onto dry land. The verse presents the release as an act of direction and control: Jonah does not escape by his own effort; the fish does not act on its own initiative. This single-verse close follows Jonah’s prayer from inside the fish (2:1–9), where he describes being overwhelmed and then brought back from the edge of death. The narrative then returns from Jonah’s words to the storyteller’s voice, reporting what happens next.
Jonah 2:10 closes the fish episode with a simple cause-and-effect report: Yahweh speaks, and the fish ejects Jonah onto dry land. The verse is explicit that Jonah’s release is initiated by God’s word, not by Jonah’s skill or the fish’s independent choice.
A careful answer keeps the immediate passage, the book's argument, and the whole-Bible storyline together, so the question is answered in context instead of as a detached idea.
Start with Jonah 2:10, then read the surrounding section so the answer stays connected to the passage's flow.
10Yahweh spoke to the fish, and it vomited out Jonah on the dry land.