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Jonah 2:3

For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me. All Your breakers and waves swept over me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Despondency;   Faith;   Repentance;   Scofield Reference Index - Miracles;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Afflictions;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Heart;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Death;   Hell;   Poetry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Jonah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Waves;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Israel;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Billow;   Heart;   Jonah, the Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Heart;   Poetry;   Prayer;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 4;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You threw me into the depths,into the heart of the seas,and the current overcame me.All your breakers and your billows swept over me.
Hebrew Names Version
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.
King James Version (1611)
For thou hadst cast mee into the deepe, in the middest of the Seas, and the floods compassed me about: all thy billowes & thy waues passed ouer me.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
For you cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
New American Standard Bible
"For You threw me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current flowed around me. All Your breakers and waves passed over me.
New Century Version
You threw me into the sea, down, down into the deep sea. The water was all around me, and your powerful waves flowed over me.
Amplified Bible
"For You cast me into the deep, Into the [deep] heart of the seas, And the currents surrounded and engulfed me; All Your breakers and billowing waves passed over me.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For thou haddest cast me into the bottome in the middes of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy surges, and all thy waues passed ouer me.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For You had cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the current engulfed me. All Your breakers and billows passed over me.
Legacy Standard Bible
For You had cast me into the deep,Into the heart of the seas,And the current surrounded me.All Your breakers and waves passed over me.
Contemporary English Version
You threw me down to the bottom of the sea. The water was churning all around; I was completely covered by your mighty waves.
Complete Jewish Bible
he said, "Out of my distress I called to Adonai , and he answered me; from the belly of Sh'ol I cried, and you heard my voice.
Darby Translation
For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.
Easy-to-Read Version
"You threw me into the sea. Your powerful waves splashed over me. I went down, down into the deep sea. The water was all around me.
George Lamsa Translation
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the sea; and the flood compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves have passed over me.
Good News Translation
You threw me down into the depths, to the very bottom of the sea, where the waters were all around me, and all your mighty waves rolled over me.
Lexham English Bible
And you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the sea currents surrounded me; all your breakers and your surging waves passed over me.
Literal Translation
For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current surrounded me; all Your breakers and Your waves passed over me.
American Standard Version
For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
Bible in Basic English
For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he said: I called out of mine affliction unto the LORD, and He answered me; out of the belly of the nether-world cried I, and Thou heardest my voice.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Thou haddest cast me downe into the deepe, into the middest of the sea, and the floods compassed me about: all thy billowes and waues passed ouer me.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and said,
English Revised Version
For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
World English Bible
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thou castidist me doun in to depnesse, in the herte of the see, and the flood cumpasside me; alle thi swolowis and thi wawis passiden on me.
Update Bible Version
For you had cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All your waves and your billows passed over me.
Webster's Bible Translation
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods encompassed me: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
New English Translation
You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.
New King James Version
For You cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, And the floods surrounded me; All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.
New Living Translation
You threw me into the ocean depths, and I sank down to the heart of the sea. The mighty waters engulfed me; I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.
New Life Bible
You threw me into the deep waters, to the very bottom of the sea. A flood was all around me and all Your waves passed over me.
New Revised Standard
You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood surrounded me; all your waves and your billows passed over me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For thou hast cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and, a flood, enveloped me, - All thy breakers and thy rolling waves, over me, passed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(2-4) And thou hast cast me forth into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood hast compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.
Revised Standard Version
For thou didst cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
Young's Literal Translation
When Thou dost cast me [into] the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou haddest cast me downe depe in ye middest off the see, and the floude compased me aboute: yee all thy wawes and rowles of water went ouer me,

Contextual Overview

1From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the LORD his God, 2saying: "In my distress I called to the LORD and He answered me. From the belly of Sheol I called for help, and You heard my voice. 3For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me. All Your breakers and waves swept over me.4At this, I said, 'I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.' 5The waters engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; the seaweed wrapped around my head. 6To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God! 7As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple. 8Those who cling to worthless idols forsake His loving devotion. 9But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou: Jonah 1:12-16, Psalms 69:1, Psalms 69:2, Psalms 69:14, Psalms 69:15, Psalms 88:5-8, Lamentations 3:54

midst: Heb. heart

all: Psalms 42:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:2 - fountains Job 22:11 - abundance Job 27:20 - Terrors Psalms 86:13 - and thou Psalms 88:7 - with Psalms 93:3 - The floods Psalms 116:3 - sorrows Lamentations 3:39 - a man Luke 22:44 - being

Cross-References

Genesis 2:2
And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Genesis 2:3
Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because on that day He rested from all the work of creation that He had accomplished.
Genesis 2:4
This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made them.
Genesis 2:7
Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.
Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
Genesis 2:10
Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it branched into four headwaters:
Genesis 2:11
The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 2:12
And the gold of that land is pure, and bdellium and onyx are found there.
Genesis 2:13
The name of the second river is Gihon; it winds through the whole land of Cush.
Genesis 2:14
The name of the third river is Hiddekel; it runs along the east side of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas,.... Though the mariners did this, yet Jonah ascribes it to the Lord; he knew it was he, whom he had sinned against and offended; that he was he that sent the storm after him into the sea; that determined the lot to fall upon him; that it was not only by his permission, but according to his will, that he should be east into it, and overcame the reluctance of the men to it, and so worked upon them that they did it; and therefore Jonah imputes it to him, and not to them; nor does he complain of it, or murmur at it; or censure it as an unrighteous action, or as hard, cruel, and severe; but rather mentions it to set off the greatness of his deliverance: and by this it appears, that it was far from shore when Jonah was cast into the sea, it was the great deep; and which also is confirmed by the large fish which swallowed him, which could, not swim but in deep waters; and because of the multitude of the waters, called "seas", and "in the heart" c of them, as it may be rendered; and agreeably Christ the antitype of Jonah lay in the heart of the earth, Matthew 12:40;

and the floods compassed me about; all thy billows and thy waves passed over me; which was his case as soon as cast into the sea, before the fish had swallowed him, as well as after: this was literally true of Jonah, what David says figuratively concerning his afflictions, and from whom the prophet seems to borrow the expressions, Psalms 42:7; and indeed he might use them also in a metaphorical sense, with a view to the afflictions of body, and sorrows of death, that compassed him; and to the billows and waves of divine wrath, which in his apprehension lay upon him, and rolled over him.

c כלבב "in corde", V. L. Cocceius; "in cor", Montanus, Drusius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For Thou hadst (“didst”) cast me into the deep - Jonah continues to describe the extremity of peril, from which God had already delivered him. Sweet is the memory of perils past. For they speak of God’s Fatherly care. Sweet is it, to the prophet to tell God of His mercies; but this is sweet only to the holy, for God’s mercy convicts the careless of ingratitude. Jonah then tells God, how He had cast him vehemently forth into the “eddying depth,” where, when Pharaoh’s army “sank like a stone” (Exodus 15:5, add Exodus 15:10), they never rose, and that, “in the heart” or center “of the seas,” from where no strong swimmer could escape to shore. “The floods” or “flood,” (literally “river,”) the sea with its currents, “surrounded” him, encompassing him on all sides; and, above, tossed its multitudinous waves, passing over him, like an army trampling one prostrate underfoot. Jonah remembered well the temple psalms, and, using their words, united himself with those other worshipers who sang them, and taught us how to speak them to God. The sons of Korah Psalms 42:7. had poured out to God in these self-same words the sorrows which oppressed them. The rolling billows and the breakers , which, as they burst upon the rocks, shiver the vessel and crush man, are, he says to God, “Thine,” fulfilling Thy will on me.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jonah 2:3. All thy billows and thy waves passed over me. — This may be understood literally; while the fish, in whose belly he was, sought its pleasure or sustenance in the paths of the deep, the waves and billows of the sea were rolling above. This line seems borrowed from Psalms 42:7.


 
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