Jonah 2:5

Jonah 2:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
• New International Version (NIV)The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head
• New King James Version (NKJV)The waters surrounded me, even to my soul; The deep closed around me; Weeds were wrapped around my head.

Context of Jonah 2:5

3You threw me into the deep water, and I fell into the middle of the sea. The deep water covered me. You sent big waves to roll over me. 4I said to myself, “You have sent me far away from you. Now I will never see your holy temple again.” The deep water of the sea covered me, so that my life was in danger. The plants in the sea were all around my head. 6I went very deep in the water, as far as the bottom of the mountains. Deep in the earth, I was in a prison, and its gates had shut for ever. But, Lord, my God, you brought me up from that deep hole. 7When my life was nearly gone, I prayed to you, Lord. In your holy temple, you heard my prayer for help.

Jonah 2:5 word by word

אֲפָפ֤וּנִי מַ֙יִם֙ עַד־נֶ֔פֶשׁ תְּה֖וֹם יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי ס֖וּף חָב֥וּשׁ לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• compassed me aboutאָפַף'âphaph · to surroundH661
• to the soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: lifeH5315
• the depthתְּהוֹםtehôm tehôm · abyssH8415
• closed me round aboutסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• the weedsסוּףsûph · reedH5488
• were wrapped aboutחָבַשׁchâbash · to saddle/tieH2280
• my headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218

Cross-references for Jonah 2:5

• Psalms 40:2He lifted me out of the deep hole of danger. He picked me up out of the mud. He put my feet on a rock. Then I could walk and not slip.
• Psalms 69:1Please rescue me, God, because the deep water has come up to my neck.
• Lamentations 3:54The water covered my head. Then I said, ‘I will soon die.’

Commentaries on Jonah 2:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The waters compassed me about even to the soul - So as to seem to deprive me of life. I had no hope left. The weeds were wrapped about my head - This may be understood literally also. He found himself in the fish's stomach, together with sea weeds, and such like marine substances, which the fish had taken for its aliment.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The waters compassed me about even to the soul - Words which to others were figures of distress (Psalm 69:2. See the introduction to Jonah), “the waters have come even to the soul,” were to Jonah realities. Sunk in the deep seas, the water strove to penetrate at every opening. To draw breath, which sustains life, to him would have been death. There was but a breath between him and death. “The deep encompassed me,” encircling, meeting him wherever he…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9Jonah realized that the Lord had kindly saved him by sending the fish. He then created a prayer similar to a psalm. The prayer's careful structure follows the pattern of a personal song of thanks. This suggests Jonah may have written it after the event, as he remembered his feelings and worries.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. even to the soul--that is, threatening to extinguish the animal life. weeds--He felt as if the seaweeds through which he was dragged were wrapped about his head.Read the comment

Topics related to Jonah 2:5

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Faith
• Flag
• Repentance

In the dictionaries

• Bar
• Close
• Depth
• Flag
• Headdress
• Hell
• Vomit
• Abyss
• Jonah, the Book of
• Weeds

Commentaries on Jonah 2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings