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Jonah 2:6

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.

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Jonah 2:6 in other translations

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.

Jonah 2:6 · World English Bible

Jonah 2:6 in context

  1. 4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
  2. 5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
  3. 6I 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.
  4. 7When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.
  5. 8They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy.