Jonah 2:3

Jonah 2:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)You hurled me into the depths, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the floods surrounded me; All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.

Context of Jonah 2:3

1From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2Jonah prayed: “I called to the Lord in my distress, and he answered me. From the depths of my ⌞watery⌟ grave I cried for help, and you heard my cry. You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea, and water surrounded me. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me. 4“Then I thought, ‘I have been banished from your sight. Will I ever see your holy temple again?’ 5“Water surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep ⌞sea⌟ covered me completely. Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:3 word by word

וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי מְצוּלָה֙ בִּלְבַ֣ב יַמִּ֔ים וְנָהָ֖ר יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי כָּל־מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ וְגַלֶּ֖יךָ עָלַ֥י עָבָֽרוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thou hadst castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• me into the deepמְצוֹלָהmetsôlâh metsôlâh metsûlâh metsûlâh · depthH4688
• in the midstלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• of the seasיָםyâm · seaH3220
• and the floodsנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• compassedסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• me about: all thy billowsמִשְׁבָּרmishbâr · waveH4867
• and thy wavesגַּלgal · heap: waveH1530
• passed overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674

Cross-references for Jonah 2:3

• Jonah 1:12He told them, “Throw me overboard. Then the sea will become calm. I know that I’m responsible for this violent storm.”
• Psalms 69:1Save me, O God! The water is already up to my neck!
• Psalms 88:5abandoned with the dead, like those who have been killed and lie in graves, like those whom you no longer remember, who are cut off from your power.
• Lamentations 3:54Water flowed over my head. I thought I was finished.
• Psalms 42:7One deep sea calls to another at the roar of your waterspouts. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.

Commentaries on Jonah 2:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3All thy billows and thy waves passed over me - This may be understood literally; while the fish, in whose belly he was, sought its pleasure or sustenance in the paths of the deep, the waves and billows of the sea were rolling above. This line seems borrowed from Psalm 42:7.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3For Thou hadst (“didst”) cast me into the deep - Jonah continues to describe the extremity of peril, from which God had already delivered him. Sweet is the memory of perils past. For they speak of God‘s Fatherly care. Sweet is it, to the prophet to tell God of His mercies; but this is sweet only to the holy, for God‘s mercy convicts the careless of ingratitude. Jonah then tells God, how He had cast him vehemently forth into the “eddying depth,” where…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. 33. thou hadst cast ... thy billows ... thy waves--Jonah recognizes the source whence his sufferings came. It was no mere chance, but the hand of God which sent them. Compare Job's similar recognition of God's hand in calamities, Job 1:21; 2:10; and David's, 2Sa 16:5-11.Read the comment

Topics related to Jonah 2:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Despondency
• Faith
• Repentance

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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