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Jonah 2:5
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
Jonah 2:5 · World English Bible
Jonah 2:5 in other translations
The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
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In context
2 He said, “I called because of my affliction to the LORD. He answered me. Out of the belly of Sheol I cried. You heard my voice.
3 For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
4 I said, ‘I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.’
5 The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.
6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.
7 “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.
8 Those who regard vain idols forsake their own mercy.
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