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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.
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.
Holman Bible
the earth with its prison bars closed behind me forever!
But You raised my life
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.
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
5 The water compassed me even unto the very soul of me; the deep lay about me, and the weeds were wrapped about mine head. 6 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. 7 When my soul fainted in me, I thought on the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, even into thy holy temple.
Phrases
Cross References
Job 33:28
Yea, he hath delivered my soul from destruction, and my life, that it seeth the light.'
Psalm 16:10
For why? Thou shalt not leave my soul in hell, neither shalt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
Psalm 30:3
Thou, LORD, hast brought my soul out of hell: thou hast kept my life from them that go down to the pit.
Isaiah 38:17
Behold, bitter as gall was my pensiveness: so sore longed I for health. And it was thy pleasure to deliver me from the filthy pit: for thou it is, O Lord, that hath cast all my sins behind thy back.
Deuteronomy 32:22
For fire is kindled in my wrath: and shall burn unto the bottom of hell; and shall consume the earth with her increase; and set afire the bottoms of the mountains.
Job 33:24
then the LORD is merciful unto him, and sayeth, 'He shall be delivered, that he fall not down to destruction, for I am sufficiently reconciled.'
Job 38:4-11
"Where wast thou, when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell plainly if thou hast understanding.
Psalm 30:9
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down into the pit? Shall the dust give thanks unto thee? Or shall it declare thy truth?
Psalm 55:23
But as for them, thou, O God, shalt bring them into the pit of destruction. The bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. Nevertheless, my trust shall be in thee, O LORD.
Psalm 65:6
who in his strength setteth fast the mountains, and is girded about with power;
Psalm 104:6
Thou coveredst it with the deep like as with a garment, so that the waters stand above the hills.
Psalm 104:8
Then are the hills seen aloft, and the valleys beneath - in their place which thou hast appointed for them.
Psalm 143:7
Hear me, O LORD, and that soon, for my spirit waxeth faint; hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the grave.
Proverbs 8:25-29
Before the foundations of the mountains were laid, yea before all hills was I born.
Isaiah 40:12
"Who hath holden the waters in his fist? Who hath measured heaven with his span, and hath comprehended all the earth of the world in three measures? Who hath weighed the mountains and hills in a balance?
Habakkuk 3:6
He standeth, and measureth the earth. He looketh, and the people consume away, the mountains of the world fall down to powder, and the hills are fain to bow themselves, for his goings are everlasting and sure.
Habakkuk 3:10
The mountains saw thee, and they tembled, the water stream went away: the deep made a noise at the lifting up of thine hand.
Acts 13:33-37
God hath now fulfilled unto us their children, in that he raised up Jesus again, even as it is written in the second psalm, 'Thou art my son, this same day begat I thee.'