Jonah 2:3
1 Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly,
2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.
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.
4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about 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 calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
Read in contextLamentations 3:54
Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
Read in contextPsalms 69:1–2
Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
Read in contextPsalms 69:14–15
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
Read in contextPsalms 88:5–8
Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
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