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Jonah 2:6

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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.

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

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BSB
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!
KJV
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
WEB
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.
ASV
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars [closed] upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
DARBY
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth [closed] upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
BLB
To the bases of the mountains I went down; the earth with her bars [was] behind me forever. And You brought up my life from the pit, O YHWH my God.
ÅB
til fjellenes grunnvoller sank jeg ned, jordens bommer var lukket etter meg for evig. Men du førte mitt liv opp av graven, Herre min Gud!
OTB
Jeg sank til fjellenes røtter;
jorden med sine stenger lukket seg over meg for alltid.
Men Du, Herre min Gud, førte mitt liv opp fra graven.
B1930
til fjellenes grunnvoller sank jeg ned, jordens bommer var lukket efter mig for evig. Men du førte mitt liv op av graven, Herre min Gud!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Psalms 30:3

    O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

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  • Psalms 16:10

    For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

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  • Isaiah 38:17

    Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:22

    For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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  • Psalms 143:7

    Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.

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  • Proverbs 8:25–29

    Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:

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  • Psalms 104:8

    They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.

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  • Habakkuk 3:10

    The mountains saw thee, and they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, and lifted up his hands on high.

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