Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!
But You raised my life
New American Standard Bible
The earth with its
But You have
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.
International Standard Version
I sank to the roots of the mountains; the earth's prison bars closed around me forever. Yet you resurrect the dead from the Pit, LORD my God!
A Conservative Version
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth with its bars [closed] upon me forever. Yet thou have brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
American Standard Version
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
Amplified
“I descended to the [very] roots of the mountains.
The earth with its bars closed behind me [bolting me in] forever,
Yet You have brought up my life from the pit (death), O Lord my God.
Bible in Basic English
I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.
Darby Translation
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth closed upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
Julia Smith Translation
I shall go down to the cuttings off of the mountains; the earth, her bars about me forever: and thou wilt bring up my life from corruption, O Jehovah my God.
King James 2000
I went down to the foundations of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed about me forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I went down to the foundations of [the] mountains; the Underworld--its bars [were] around me forever. But you brought up my life from [the] pit, Yahweh my God.
Modern King James verseion
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was around me forever; yet You have brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I went down unto the bottom of the hills, and was barred in with earth on every side forever. And yet thou, LORD my God, broughtest up my life again out of corruption.
NET Bible
I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God.
New Heart English Bible
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, LORD my God.
The Emphasized Bible
To the roots of the mountains, went I down, As for the earth, her bars, were about me, age-abidingly, - Then didst thou bring up - out of the pit - my life, O Yahweh my God.
Webster
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.
World English Bible
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
Youngs Literal Translation
To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars are behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 2:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Is Swallowed By A Fish And Prays To Yahweh
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the watery depths overcame me;
seaweed was wrapped around my head.
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!
But You raised my life
I remembered Yahweh.
My prayer came to You,
to Your holy temple.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 33:28
and I will continue to see the light.”
Psalm 16:10
You will not allow Your Faithful One to see decay.
Psalm 30:3
You spared me from among those
going down
Isaiah 38:17
that I had such great bitterness;
but Your love has delivered me
from the Pit of destruction,
for You have thrown all my sins behind Your back.
Deuteronomy 32:22
and burns to the depths of Sheol;
it devours the land and its produce,
and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
Job 33:24
“Spare him from going down to the Pit;
I have found a ransom,”
Job 38:4-11
Tell Me, if you have
Psalm 30:9
if I go down to the Pit?
Will the dust praise You?
Will it proclaim Your truth?
Psalm 55:23
to the Pit of destruction;
men of bloodshed and treachery
will not live out half their days.
But I will trust in You.
Psalm 65:6
robed with strength.
Psalm 104:6
as if it were a garment;
the waters stood above the mountains.
Psalm 104:8
to the place You established for them.
Psalm 143:7
my spirit fails.
Don’t hide Your face from me,
or I will be like those
going down to the Pit.
Proverbs 8:25-29
before the mountains and hills were established,
Isaiah 40:12
or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand?
Who has gathered the dust of the earth in a measure
or weighed the mountains in a balance
and the hills in the scales?
Habakkuk 3:6
He looks and startles the nations.
The age-old mountains break apart;
the ancient hills sink down.
His pathways are ancient.
Habakkuk 3:10
a downpour of water sweeps by.
The deep roars with its voice
and lifts its waves
Acts 13:33-37
God has fulfilled this for us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm:
today I have become Your Father.