Jonah 2:6

I went down to the roots of the mountains; the prison of the earth closed over me forever. Yet you brought up my life from destruction, O Lord my God.

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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

5The waters surrounded me, the great deep engulfed me, the sea weeds were wrapped about my head.

7As my life slipped away, I remembered the Lord; and my prayer reached you, in your holy temple.

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Cross References

Psalms 16:10For you will not give me up to Sheol nor let any who love you see the pit.

Psalms 30:9‘What profit is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Can you be praised by dust? Can it tell of your faithfulness?

Psalms 65:6By your strength you establish the hills, you are armed with might;

Psalms 104:6With the garment of ocean he covered it, waters towered over the mountains.

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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