Jonah 2:6

Good News Translation

I went down to the very roots of the mountains, into the land whose gates lock shut forever. But you, O Lord my God, brought me back from the depths alive.

Cross References

Job 33:24

In mercy the angel will say, “Release them! They are not to go down to the world of the dead. Here is the ransom to set them free.”

Job 33:28

He kept me from going to the world of the dead, and I am still alive.”

Psalm 104:6

You placed the ocean over it like a robe, and the water covered the mountains.

Psalm 104:8

They flowed over the mountains and into the valleys, to the place you had made for them.

Psalm 116:3

The danger of death was all around me; the horrors of the grave closed in on me; I was filled with fear and anxiety.

Psalm 143:7

Answer me now, Lord! I have lost all hope. Don't hide yourself from me, or I will be among those who go down to the world of the dead.

Psalm 16:10

because you protect me from the power of death. I have served you faithfully, and you will not abandon me to the world of the dead.

Psalm 18:5

The danger of death was around me, and the grave set its trap for me.

Psalm 30:3

you kept me from the grave. I was on my way to the depths below, but you restored my life.

Psalm 30:9

“What will you gain from my death? What profit from my going to the grave? Are dead people able to praise you? Can they proclaim your unfailing goodness?

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will bring those murderers and liars to their graves before half their life is over. As for me, I will trust in you.

Psalm 65:6

You set the mountains in place by your strength, showing your mighty power.

Psalm 69:2

I am sinking in deep mud, and there is no solid ground; I am out in deep water, and the waves are about to drown me.

Isaiah 38:10

I thought that in the prime of life I was going to the world of the dead, Never to live out my life.

Isaiah 38:17

My bitterness will turn into peace. You save my life from all danger; You forgive all my sins.

Isaiah 40:12

Can anyone measure the ocean by handfuls or measure the sky with his hands? Can anyone hold the soil of the earth in a cup or weigh the mountains and hills on scales?

Ezekiel 26:20

I will send you down to the world of the dead to join the people who lived in ancient times. I will make you stay in that underground world among eternal ruins, keeping company with the dead. As a result you will never again be inhabited and take your place in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14

And so from now on, no tree, no matter how well-watered it is, will grow that tall again or push its top through the clouds and reach such a height. All of them are doomed to die like mortals, doomed to join those who go down to the world of the dead.”

Habakkuk 3:10

When the mountains saw you, they trembled; water poured down from the skies. The waters under the earth roared, and their waves rose high.

Habakkuk 3:6

When he stops, the earth shakes; at his glance the nations tremble. The eternal mountains are shattered; the everlasting hills sink down, the hills where he walked in ancient times.

Matthew 16:18

And so I tell you, Peter: you are a rock, and on this rock foundation I will build my church, and not even death will ever be able to overcome it.

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger will flame up like fire and burn everything on earth. It will reach to the world below and consume the roots of the mountains.