Jonah 2:5

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

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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

4Then I said, I am driven out, away from your sight; How will I ever again look towards your holy temple?

6I 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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Cross References

Psalms 5:8Lead me, Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way level before me.

Psalms 69:1Save me, O God; for the waters are threatening my life.

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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