Jonah 2:6

New English Translation

I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O Lord, my God.

Cross References

Job 33:24

and if God is gracious to him and says, ‘Spare him from going down to the place of corruption, I have found a ransom for him,’

Job 33:28

He redeemed my life from going down to the place of corruption, and my life sees the light!’

Psalm 104:6

The watery deep covered it like a garment; the waters reached above the mountains.

Psalm 104:8

as the mountains rose up, and the valleys went down – to the place you appointed for them.

Psalm 116:3

The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, Lord! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

Psalm 16:10

You will not abandon me to Sheol; you will not allow your faithful follower to see the Pit.

Psalm 18:5

The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

Psalm 30:3

O Lord, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

Psalm 30:9

“What profit is there in taking my life, in my descending into the Pit? Can the dust of the grave praise you? Can it declare your loyalty?

Psalm 55:23

But you, O God, will bring them down to the deep Pit. Violent and deceitful people will not live even half a normal lifespan. But as for me, I trust in you.

Psalm 65:6

You created the mountains by your power, and demonstrated your strength.

Psalm 69:2

I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

Isaiah 38:10

“I thought, ‘In the middle of my life I must walk through the gates of Sheol, I am deprived of the rest of my years.’

Isaiah 38:17

“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured out the waters in the hollow of his hand, or carefully measured the sky, or carefully weighed the soil of the earth, or weighed the mountains in a balance, or the hills on scales?

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will bring you down to bygone people, to be with those who descend to the pit. I will make you live in the lower parts of the earth, among the primeval ruins, with those who descend to the pit, so that you will not be inhabited or stand in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14

For this reason no watered trees will grow so tall; their tops will not reach into the clouds, nor will the well-watered ones grow that high. For all of them have been appointed to die in the lower parts of the earth; they will be among mere mortals, with those who descend to the pit.

Habakkuk 3:10

When the mountains see you, they shake. The torrential downpour sweeps through. The great deep shouts out; it lifts its hands high.

Habakkuk 3:6

He takes his battle position and shakes the earth; with a mere look he frightens the nations. The ancient mountains disintegrate; the primeval hills are flattened. He travels on the ancient roads.

Matthew 16:18

And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.