Jonah 2:6
The mayim compassed me about, even to the nefesh; 1 the depth closed me round about, 1 the seaweed were wrapped about my head. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
5Then I said: 1 I am cast out of Thy sight; 1 yet I will look again 1 toward Thy Heikhal Kodesh. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:22For an eish is kindled in Mine anger, 1 and shall burn unto the lowest Sheol, 1 and shall devour Eretz and her increase, 1 and set on fire the foundations of harim. 1
Job 33:28He will redeem his nefesh from going into the shachat, 1 and his life shall see the ohr. 1
Psalms 16:10For Thou wilt not abandon my nefesh in Sheol; 1 neither wilt Thou allow Thine Chasid to see shachat 1 (corruption, the pit, the grave, the abyss of corruption). + 16:10 See Ac 2:24 1
Psalms 30:9I cried to Thee, Hashem; 1 and unto Adonoi I made supplication. 1
Psalms 65:6By nora'ot (awesome deeds, awe-inspiring things) of tzedek (justice) wilt Thou answer us, 1 O Elohei Yish'einu (G-d of our salvation); 1 Who art the hope of all the ends of eretz, 1 and of them that are on the farthest seas; 1
Psalms 104:6Thou coveredst it with the tehom (deep) as with a garment; 1 the mayim stood above the harim (mountains). 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 →