Jonah 2:6 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“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. {bottoms: Heb. cuttings off} {corruption: or, the pit}”

Jonah 2:6

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Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

The 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. {bottoms: Heb. cuttings off} {corruption: or, the pit}

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

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Jonah 2:1

"Then Jonah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,"

Jonah 2:2

"And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, {and} thou heardest my voice. {by...: or, out of mine affliction} {hell: or, the grave}"

Jonah 2:3

"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. {midst: Heb. heart}"

Jonah 2:4

"Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple."

Jonah 2:5

"The waters compassed me about, {even} to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head."

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