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Jonah 2:6
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.
Jonah 2:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you, Lord my God, brought my life up from the pit.
- English Standard Version (ESV)at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me forever; yet you brought up my life from the pit, O Lord my God.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I went down to the moorings of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed behind me forever; Yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O Lord, my God.
Context of Jonah 2:6
4I said to myself, “You have sent me far away from you. Now I will never see your holy temple again.” 5The deep water of the sea covered me, so that my life was in danger. The plants in the sea were all around my head. I 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. 8Idols cannot help. People who worship them have turned away from a faithful God.
Read all of Jonah 2Jonah 2:6 word by word
לְקִצְבֵ֤י הָרִים֙ יָרַ֔דְתִּי הָאָ֛רֶץ בְּרִחֶ֥יהָ בַעֲדִ֖י לְעוֹלָ֑ם וַתַּ֧עַל מִשַּׁ֛חַת חַיַּ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- I went downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
- to the bottomsקֶ֫צֶבqetseb · shapeH7095
- of the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
- the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- with her barsבְּרִיחַberîyach · barH1280
- about me for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
- yet hast thou brought upעָלָה‛âlâh · to ascend: establishH5927
- my lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
- from corruptionשַׁ֫חַתshachath · Pit: hellH7845
- O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- my Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
Cross-references for Jonah 2:6
- Deuteronomy 32:22I will become so angry that I punish them very much. I will destroy them like a hot fire. It will be like a fire that reaches deep down into the place of dead people. It will destroy the ground and everything that grows on it. It will burn deep down to the foundations of the mountains.
- Psalms 65:6You used your power to make the mountains, and you showed how strong you are.
- Psalms 104:6You covered the earth with deep water, like a coat. The water covered the tops of the mountains.
- Isaiah 40:12Nobody has done what God has done! He measured all the water of the seas in one hand. He used his hand to measure the whole sky. He carefully weighed the soil of the earth. He carefully weighed the mountains in his scales, and the hills too.
- Habakkuk 3:6God stands ready to fight, and he causes the earth to shake. He looks at the nations and they shake with fear. The very old mountains break into pieces. The old hills fall down flat. He travels on roads that have been there for ever.
- Job 38:4Were you with me when I made the world? If you think you are so clever, tell me all about it!
- Proverbs 8:25I was born before the mountains or the hills appeared in their places.
- Psalms 16:10You, Lord, will not leave me in the deep hole of death. As one who belongs to you, you will not leave my body to spoil in the grave.
- Isaiah 38:17Yes, it was good for me to have this trouble. You rescued me from the deep hole of death. You removed my sins, and you put them behind your back.
- Acts 13:33Now he has done these things for us who are alive today. He has raised up Jesus to live again. We can read about this in the second Psalm. God says, “You are my Son. Today, I have become your Father.”
- Job 33:24Then God will be kind to that person. God will say, “Save that person, so that he does not go to his grave. I have found someone to pay the price for his life. So keep him alive.”
- Psalms 30:3Lord, you pulled me up out of the deep hole of death. You saved me from among those who are going into the grave.
- Psalms 55:23And as for wicked people, you, God, will send them to their graves. They will go down into the deep hole of death while they are still young. That is what will happen to those cruel people, who kill and cheat others. But I will trust in you, God.
- Psalms 143:7Please answer me soon, Lord. I am losing my strength. Do not turn away from me. If you do, I will join those people who are going down into the deep hole of death.
Commentaries on Jonah 2:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6I went down to the bottoms of the mountains - This also may be literally understood. The fish followed the slanting base of the mountains, till they terminated in a plain at the bottom of the great deep. The earth with her bars - He represents himself as a prisoner in a dungeon, closed in with bars which he could not remove, and which at first appeared to be for ever, i.e., the place where his life must terminate. Yet hast thou brought up my life - The…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I went down to the bottoms, (literally “the cuttings off”) of the mountains - , the “roots” as the Chaldee and we call them, the hidden rocks, which the mountains push out, as it were, into the sea, and in which they end. Such hidden rocks extend along the whole length of that coast. These were his dungeon walls; “the earth, her bars,” those long submarine reefs of rock, his prison bars, “were around” him “forever:” the seaweeds were his chains: and, even…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Jonah’s metaphors, like roots of the mountains and the earth beneath me barred me, show ancient ideas about the underworld. People thought the dead were deep within the earth (see also Jonah 2:2). At one point, Jonah felt trapped and doomed to die. But: The change is striking. Jonah, though sure he would die, was still within God's gracious reach. the pit: The Hebrew term usually refers to the place where the dead are thought to dwell. Jonah’s words show…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. bottoms of ... mountains--their extremities where they terminate in the hidden depths of the sea. Compare Psa 18:7, "the foundations of the hills" (Psa 18:15). earth with her bars was about me--Earth, the land of the living, is (not "was") shut against me. for ever--so far as any effort of mine can deliver me. yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption--rather, "Thou bringest ... from the pit" [Maurer]. As in the previous clauses he expresses the…Read the comment
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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
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