Jonah 2:5

וַאֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי נִגְרַשְׁתִּי מִנֶּגֶד עֵינֶיךָ אַךְ אוֹסִיף לְהַבִּיט אֶל ־ הֵיכַל קָדְשֶֽׁךָ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

4וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵנִי מְצוּלָה בִּלְבַב יַמִּים וְנָהָר יְסֹבְבֵנִי כָּל ־ מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָֽרוּ ׃

6אֲפָפוּנִי מַיִם עַד ־ נֶפֶשׁ תְּהוֹם יְסֹבְבֵנִי סוּף חָבוּשׁ לְרֹאשִֽׁי ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 5:8וַאֲנִי בְּרֹב חַסְדְּךָ אָבוֹא בֵיתֶךָ אֶשְׁתַּחֲוֶה אֶל ־ הֵֽיכַל ־ קָדְשְׁךָ בְּיִרְאָתֶֽךָ ׃

Psalms 69:1לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַֽל ־ שׁוֹשַׁנִּים לְדָוִֽד ׃

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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