Jonah 2:6

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.

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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 surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

7“When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.

Job 33:28He has redeemed my soul from going into the pit. My life will see the light.’

Psalms 16:10For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.

Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in my destruction, if I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise you? Shall it declare your truth?

Psalms 65:6By your power, you form the mountains, having armed yourself with strength.

Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep as with a cloak. The waters stood above the mountains.

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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