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

1Then Jonah prayed to the LORD his God out of the fish’s belly, 2And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice. For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods surrounded me: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me. 4Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple. 5The waters surrounded me, even to the soul: the depth inclosed me on every side, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

Jonah 2:3 word by word

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

• castשָׁלַךְshâlak · to throwH7993
• deepמְצוֹלָהmetsôlâh metsôlâh metsûlâh metsûlâh · depthH4688
• midstלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• seasיָםyâm · seaH3220
• floodsנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• surroundedסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• billowsמִשְׁבָּרmishbâr · waveH4867
• wavesגַּלgal · heap: waveH1530
• overעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674

Cross-references for Jonah 2:3

• Jonah 1:12And he said to them, Take me, and cast me into the sea; so shall the sea be calm to you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.
• Psalms 69:1Save me, O God; for the waters are come in to my soul.
• Psalms 88:5Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.
• Lamentations 3:54Waters flowed over my head; then I said, I am cut off.
• Psalms 42:7Deep calleth to deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone 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