Jonah 2:6

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I was at the bottom of the sea, the place where the mountains begin. I thought I was locked in this prison forever, but the Lord my God took me out of my grave. God, you gave me life again!

Cross References

Psalm 30:3

Lord, you lifted me out of the grave. I was falling into the place of death, but you saved my life.

Psalm 16:10

because you will not leave me in the place of death. You will not let your faithful one rot in the grave.

Isaiah 38:17

Look, my troubles are gone! I now have peace. You love me very much. You did not let me rot in the grave. You took my sins and threw them away.

Habakkuk 3:10

The mountains saw you and shook. The water flowed off the land. The water from the sea made a loud noise as it lost its power over the land.

Habakkuk 3:6

He stood and judged the earth. He looked at the people of all the nations, and they shook with fear. For many years the mountains stood strong, but those mountains fell to pieces. Those old, old hills fell down. God has always been able to do that.

Isaiah 40:12

Who measured the oceans in the palm of his hand? Who used his hand to measure the sky? Who used a bowl to measure all the dust of the earth? Who used scales to measure the mountains and hills?

Psalm 143:7

Hurry and answer me, Lord! I have lost my courage. Don’t turn away from me. Don’t let me die and become like the people lying in the grave.

Psalm 104:8

The water flowed down from the mountains into the valleys, to the places you made for it.

Psalm 104:6

You covered it with water like a blanket. The water covered even the mountains.

Psalm 65:6

You made the mountains. We see your power all around us.

Psalm 55:23

But, God, you will send those liars and murderers to the grave. They will die before their life is half finished! As for me, I will put my trust in you.

Psalm 30:9

I said, “What good is it if I die and go down to the grave? The dead just lie in the dirt. They cannot praise you. They cannot tell anyone how faithful you are.

Job 33:28

God saved me from going down to the place of death. Now I can enjoy life again.’

Job 33:24

Maybe the angel will be kind and say to God, ‘Save this one from the place of death! I have found a way to pay for his life.’

Deuteronomy 32:22

My anger will burn like a fire, burning down to the deepest grave, burning the earth and all it produces, burning deep down below the mountains.

Matthew 16:18

So I tell you, you are Peter. And I will build my church on this rock. The power of death will not be able to defeat my church.

Psalm 18:5

The ropes of the grave wrapped around me. Death set its trap right there in front of me.

Psalm 116:3

Death’s ropes were around me. The grave was closing in on me. I was worried and afraid.

Isaiah 38:10

I thought I would live a full life. But now, in the middle of my life, the time has come for me to die.

Ezekiel 26:20

I will send you down into that deep hole—to the place of death. You will join those who died long ago. I will send you to the world below, like all the other old, empty cities. You will be with all the others who go down to the grave. No one will live in you then. You will never again be in the land of the living!

Ezekiel 31:14

“Now, none of the trees by that water will be proud. They will not try to reach the clouds. None of the strong trees that drink that water will brag about being tall, because all of them must die. They will all go down into the world below, to Sheol, the place of death. They will join the other people who died and went down into that deep hole.”

Psalm 69:2

I have nothing to stand on. I am sinking down, down into the mud. I am in deep water, and the waves are about to cover me.