Jonah 2:3
1 From inside the fish, Jonah prayed to the LORD his God,
2 saying: “In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice.
For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
4 At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’
5 The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
- KJV
- For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
- WEB
- For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
- ASV
- For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
- DARBY
- For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
- BLB
- And You cast me [into] the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current surrounded me; all Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
- ÅB
- Du kastet meg i dypet, midt i havet, og vannstrømmer omgav meg; alle dine brenninger og dine bølger gikk over meg.
- OTB
- Du kastet meg i dypet,
midt i havet,
og strømmen omringet meg;
alle Dine bølger og brenninger slo over meg. - B1930
- Du kastet mig i dypet, midt i havet, og vannstrømmer omgav mig; alle dine brenninger og dine bølger gikk over mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 42:7
Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
Read in contextLamentations 3:54
The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
Read in contextPsalms 69:1–2
Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck.
Read in contextPsalms 69:14–15
Rescue me from the mire and do not let me sink; deliver me from my foes and out of the deep waters.
Read in contextPsalms 88:5–8
I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom You remember no more, who are cut off from Your care.
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