Jonah 2:6

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.

Revised Version 1895

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 compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.

7When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest pit, And devoureth the earth with her increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Job 33:28He hath redeemed my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall behold the light.

Psalms 16:10For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; neither wilt thou suffer thine holy one to see corruption.

Psalms 30:9What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?

Psalms 65:6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded about with might:

Psalms 104:6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a vesture; 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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