Jonah 2:5

In 11 translations

BSB

The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

KJV

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

WEB

The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

ASV

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

LSV

Waters have surrounded me to the soul, || The deep surrounds me, || The weed is bound to my head.

YLT

Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.

DBY

The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

DRC2:6

The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.

GNV

The waters compassed me about vnto the soule: the depth closed me rounde about, and the weedes were wrapt about mine head.

JPS2:6

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.

LXXE2:6

Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went downGr. last.

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Original-language editions

WLC2:6

אֲפָפ֤וּנִי מַ֨יִם֙ עַד־נֶ֔פֶשׁ תְּה֖וֹם יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי ס֖וּף חָב֥וּשׁ לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃KJV:Jonah.2.5

LXX-Br2:6

Περιεχύθη μοι ὕδωρ ἕως ψυχῆς, ἄβυσσος ἐκύκλωσέ με ἐσχάτη, ἔδυ ἡ κεφαλή μου εἰς σχισμὰς ὀρέων,

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• Jonah and the great fish Jonah flees God's call to Nineveh; thrown overboard, he is swallowed by a great fish and returned to land. Sent again, he warns the city; it…

Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 69:1–2Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.
• Lamentations 3:54The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
• Psalms 40:2He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.

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