Tree of Life Version
Jonah 2:6
6Waters surrounded me up to my soul. The deep sea engulfed me— reeds clung to my head.
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
4For you hurled me from the deep into the heart of the seas, and currents swirled around me. All your waves and your breakers swept over me.” 5And I said, “I have been banished from before your eyes. Yet I will continue to look toward your holy Temple.” Waters surrounded me up to my soul. The deep sea engulfed me— reeds clung to my head. 7To the bottoms of the mountains I went down. The earth with her bars was around me, forever! Yet You brought my life up from the Pit, Adonai my God. 8As my soul was fading from me, I remembered Adonai and my prayer came to You, toward Your holy Temple.
Read all of Jonah 2Jonah 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 32:22For fire has ignited in My nostrils— it will burn to Sheol beneath, devour the earth and her produce, and scorch the foundations of mountains.
- Psalms 65:6You respond to us in righteousness with awe-inspiring works —O God of our salvation— hope of all ends of the earth and farthest seas,
- Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep as with a garment—the waters standing above the mountains.
- Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the waters in the palm of His hand, or measured out heaven with a span, or calculated the dust of the earth in a measure, or weighed the mountains in scales, or the hills in a balance?
- Habakkuk 3:6He stood, and the earth shook. He looked, and startled nations. Ancient mountains were shattered, hills of antiquity sank down. His ways are everlasting.
- Job 38:4“Where were you when I laid the foundations of earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.
- Proverbs 8:25Before the mountains were shaped, before the hills, I was brought forth.
- Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol nor let Your faithful one see the Pit.
- Isaiah 38:17Behold, it was for my own shalom that I had great bitterness. You have loved my soul out of the Pit of destruction! For You have flung all my sins behind Your back.
- Acts 13:33For God has fulfilled this promise to the children—to us—by raising up Yeshua, as it is also written in the second psalm: ‘You are My Son. Today I have become Your Father.’
- Job 33:24then He is gracious to him, and says ‘Deliver him from going down to the Pit— I have found a ransom;’
- Psalms 30:3Adonai my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
- Psalms 55:23Cast your burden on Adonai, and He will sustain you. He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- Psalms 143:7Answer me speedily, Adonai— my spirit fails. Hide not Your face from me, lest I become like those who 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
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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
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