Jonah 2:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

⁵ The waters closed in over me; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped around my head

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: The depth closed me round about, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ The waters compassed me about, even to [the extinction of] life; the abyss surrounded me, the seaweed was wrapped about my head. [Ps. 69:1; Lam. 3:54.]

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Common English Bible

⁵ Waters have grasped me to the point of death; the deep surrounds me. Seaweed is wrapped around my head

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ And I said: I am expelled from the sight of your eyes. Yet, truly, I will see your holy temple again.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see thy holy temple again.

Jonah 2:5 Cross References

Psalm 40:2

He drew me up from the desolate pit, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.

Psalm 5:8

Lead me, O Lord, in your righteousness because of my enemies; make your way straight before me.

Lamentations 3:54

water closed over my head; I said, “I am lost.”

Luke 21:20

“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, then know that its desolation has come near.