Jonah 2:6

The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see thy holy temple again.

7I went down to the lowest parts of the mountains: the bars of the earth have shut me up for ever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22A fire is kindled in my wrath, and shall burn even to the lowest hell: and shall devour the earth with her increase, and shall burn the foundations of the mountains.

Job 33:28He hath delivered his soul from going into destruction, that it may live and see the light.

Psalms 16:10Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; nor wilt then give thy holy one to see corruption.

Psalms 30:9To thee, O Lord, will I cry: and I will make supplication to my God.

Psalms 65:6wonderful in justice. Hear us, O God our saviour, who art the hope of all the ends of the earth, and in the sea afar off.

Psalms 104:6The deep like a garment is its clothing: above the mountains shall the waters stand.

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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