Jonah 2:6

I went down to the bases of the mountains; 1 the earth with its bars closed upon me forever. 1 Yet you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh, my God! 1

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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 closed around me up to my neck; 1 the deep was all around me; 1 seaweed wrapped around my head. 1

7When my soul fainted within me, I called Yahweh to mind; 1 then my prayer came to you, to your holy temple. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled by my anger 1 and is burning to the lowest Sheol; 1 it is devouring the earth and its harvest; 1 it is setting on fire the foundations of the mountains. 1

Job 33:28God has rescued my soul from going down into the pit; 1 my life will continue to see light.' 1

Psalms 16:10For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol. You will not let your faithful one see the pit. 1

Psalms 30:9What advantage is there in my death, if I go down to the grave? Will the dust praise you? Will it declare your trustworthiness? 1

Psalms 65:6For it is you who made the mountains firm, 1 you who are belted with strength. 1

Psalms 104:6You covered the earth with water like a garment; 1 the water covered the 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 →

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