Jonah 2:6

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

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. I sank to the foot of the mountains. I sank to the bottom, where bars held me forever. But you brought me back from the pit, O Lord, my God. 7“As my life was slipping away, I remembered the Lord. My prayer came to you in your holy temple. 8Those who hold on to worthless idols abandon their loyalty ⌞to you⌟.

Jonah 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 32:22My anger has started a fire that will burn to the depths of hell. It will consume the earth and its crops and set the foundations of the mountains on fire.
• Psalms 65:6the one who set the mountains in place with his strength, the one who is clothed with power,
• Psalms 104:6You covered the earth with an ocean as though it were a robe. Water stood above the mountains
• Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the water of the sea with the palm of his hand or measured the sky with the length of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a bushel basket or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills on a balance?
• Habakkuk 3:6He stands and shakes the earth. He casts a glance and startles the nations. The oldest mountains break apart. The ancient hills sink. The ancient paths belong to him.
• Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Tell me if you have ⌞such⌟ insight.
• Proverbs 8:25I was born before the mountains were settled in their places and before the hills,
• Psalms 16:10because you do not abandon my soul to the grave or allow your holy one to decay.
• Isaiah 38:17Now my bitter experience turns into peace. You have saved me and kept me from the rotting pit. You have thrown all my sins behind you.
• Acts 13:33God has fulfilled the promise for us, their descendants, by bringing Jesus back to life. This is what Scripture says in the second psalm: ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your Father.’
• Job 33:24then he will have pity on them and say, ‘Free them from going into the pit. I have found a ransom.’
• Psalms 30:3O Lord, you brought me up from the grave. You called me back to life from among those who had gone into the pit.
• Psalms 55:23But you, O God, will throw ⌞wicked people⌟ into the deepest pit. Bloodthirsty and deceitful people will not live out half their days. But I will trust you.
• Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O Lord. My spirit is worn out. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go into the pit.

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

Topics related to Jonah 2:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Corruption
• Faith
• Repentance

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Bar
• Close
• Depth
• Hell
• Vomit
• Bar (2)
• Bottom
• Corruption

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