Jonah 2:6

(2:7) To the bottoms of the mountains did I go down; the earth [closed] her bars about me for ever: when thou broughtest up my life from the pit, O Lord my God!

Leeser Tanakh

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

5(2:6) The waters surrounded me, to the peril of my life; the deep compassed me about: sea-weeds were bound about my head.

7(2:8) When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came unto thee, unto thy holy temple.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in my anger, and it burneth unto the lowest deep; and it consumeth the earth with her products, and it setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Job 33:28Thus he redeemeth his soul from passing into the pit, and his life will look joyously on the light.

Psalms 16:10For thou wilt not abandon my soul to the grave: thou wilt not suffer thy pious [servant] to see corruption.

Psalms 30:9(30:10) What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the grave? Shall the dust thank thee? shall it announce thy truth?

Psalms 65:6(65:7) Who setteth firmly the mountains by his power, who is girded with might;

Psalms 104:6Thou hadst covered the deep as with a garment: above the mountains stood the waters.

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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