Jonah 2:6

New American Standard Bible 2020

“I descended to the base of the mountains. The earth with its bars was around me forever, But You have brought up my life from the pit, Lord my God.

Cross References

Job 33:24

And he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Free him from going down to the pit, I have found a ransom’;

Job 33:28

‘He has redeemed my soul from going to the pit, And my life will see the light.’

Psalm 104:6

You covered it with the deep sea as with a garment; The waters were standing above the mountains.

Psalm 104:8

The mountains rose; the valleys sank down To the place which You established for them.

Psalm 116:3

The snares of death encompassed me And the terrors of Sheol came upon me; I found distress and sorrow.

Psalm 143:7

¶Answer me quickly, Lord, my spirit fails; Do not hide Your face from me, Or I will be the same as those who go down to the pit.

Psalm 16:10

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol; You will not allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.

Psalm 18:5

The ropes of Sheol surrounded me; The snares of death confronted me.

Psalm 30:3

Lord, You have brought up my soul from Sheol; You have kept me alive, that I would not go down to the pit.

Psalm 30:9

“What gain is there in my blood, if I go down to the pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it declare Your faithfulness?

Psalm 55:23

But You, God, will bring them down to the pit of destruction; Men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.

Psalm 65:6

Who establishes the mountains by His strength, Who is encircled with might;

Psalm 69:2

I have sunk in deep mud, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a flood overflows me.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, “In the middle of my life I am to enter the gates of Sheol; I have been deprived of the rest of my years.”

Isaiah 38:17

“Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; But You have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have hurled all my sins behind Your back.

Isaiah 40:12

¶Who has measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, And measured the heavens with a span, And calculated the dust of the earth with a measure, And weighed the mountains in a balance And the hills in a pair of scales?

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited; but I will put glory in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14

so that all the trees by the waters will not be exalted in their stature, nor put their tops among the clouds, nor will any of their well-watered mighty ones stand straight in their height. For they have all been turned over to death, to the earth beneath, among mankind, with those who go down to the pit.”

Habakkuk 3:10

The mountains saw You and quaked; The downpour of waters swept by. The deep raised its voice, It lifted high its hands.

Habakkuk 3:6

He stood and caused the earth to shudder; He looked and caused the nations to jump. Yes, the everlasting mountains were shattered, The ancient hills collapsed. His paths are everlasting.

Matthew 16:18

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire has flared in My anger, And it burns to the lowest part of Sheol, And devours the earth with its yield, And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.