Jonah 2:5

Then I said: 1 I am cast out of Thy sight; 1 yet I will look again 1 toward Thy Heikhal Kodesh. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

4For Thou hadst cast me into the deep, 1 in the midst of the yamim (seas); 1 and the current swirled about me; 1 all Thy billows and Thy waves 1 passed over me. 1

6The mayim compassed me about, even to the nefesh; 1 the depth closed me round about, 1 the seaweed were wrapped about my head. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 5:8But as for me, I will come 1 into Thy Bais in the multitude of Thy chesed; 1 and in Thy fear will I bow down 1 toward Thy Heikhal Kodesh. 1

Psalms 69:1(For the one directing. Al Shoshanim. Of Dovid) 1

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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