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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. The mighty waters engulfed me; I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.

Context of Jonah 2:3

1From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God. 2He said: “In my distress I called to the Lord, and he answered me. From deep in the realm of the dead I called for help, and you listened to my cry. 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. 4I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’ 5The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; 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 1:12“Pick me up and throw me into the sea,” he replied, “and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.”
• Psalms 69:1Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my neck.
• Psalms 88:5I am set apart with the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more, who are cut off from your care.
• Lamentations 3:54the waters closed over my head, and I thought I was about to perish.
• Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers 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

In the dictionaries

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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