Jonah 2:5

And I said: I am expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.

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In The King James Version

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

In Context

4And you have thrown me into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood has encircled me. All your whirlpools and your waves have passed over me.

6The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.

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Cross References

Psalms 5:8But I am in the multitude of your mercy. I will enter your house. I will show adoration toward your holy temple, in your fear.

Psalms 69:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David, in remembrance that the Lord had saved him.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 2:2-10

Jonah's Prayer; The Prophet in the Fish's Belly. ( b. c. 840.) 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. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →

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