Jonah 2:6

Jonah 2:6 in other versions

• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I sank down to the very roots of the mountains. I was imprisoned in the earth, whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O Lord my God, snatched me from the jaws of death!

Context of Jonah 2:6

4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 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. 7When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple. 8They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

Jonah 2:6 word by word

לְקִצְבֵ֤י הָרִים֙ יָרַ֔דְתִּי הָאָ֛רֶץ בְּרִחֶ֥יהָ בַעֲדִ֖י לְעוֹלָ֑ם וַתַּ֧עַל מִשַּׁ֛חַת חַיַּ֖י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• 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 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
• Psalms 65:6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:
• Psalms 104:6Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.
• Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
• Habakkuk 3:6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.
• Job 38:4Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.
• Proverbs 8:25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:
• Psalms 16:10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
• Isaiah 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
• Acts 13:33God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
• Job 33:24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
• Psalms 30:3O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.
• Psalms 55:23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.
• Psalms 143:7Hear me speedily, O Lord: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down 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