Jonah 2:3

This is what happened. First you made me go down into deep water, into the middle of the sea. The water moved all around me. You sent big waves over me.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2He said, “Yahweh, when I got trouble, I called out to you, and you answered me. I nearly died, but I called out for help, and you listened to me.

4I knew that you sent me away. You didn’t want to look at me any more. But I also knew that I will get to go to your good ceremony house again.

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Cross References

Jonah 1:12Jonah said to them, “You have to pick me up and throw me into the sea. Then the storm will stop, and the sea will be quiet and still. This storm is my fault. I did something wrong, and that’s the reason why you are in this big storm.”

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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