Jonah 2:6

Revised Standard Version

at the roots of the mountains. I went down to the land whose bars closed upon me for ever; yet thou didst bring up my life from the Pit, O Lord my God.

Cross References

Job 33:24

and he is gracious to him, and says, ‘Deliver him from going down into the Pit, I have found a ransom;

Job 33:28

He has redeemed my soul from going down into the Pit, and my life shall see the light.’

Psalm 104:6

Thou didst cover it with the deep as with a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Psalm 104:8

The mountains rose, the valleys sank down to the place which thou didst appoint for them.

Psalm 116:3

The snares of death encompassed me; the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; I suffered distress and anguish.

Psalm 143:7

Make haste to answer me, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not thy face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the Pit.

Psalm 16:10

For thou dost not give me up to Sheol, or let thy godly one see the Pit.

Psalm 18:5

the cords of Sheol entangled me, the snares of death confronted me.

Psalm 30:3

O Lord, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, restored me to life from among those gone down to the Pit.

Psalm 30:9

“What profit is there in my death, if I go down to the Pit? Will the dust praise thee? Will it tell of thy faithfulness?

Psalm 55:23

But thou, O God, wilt cast them down into the lowest pit; men of blood and treachery shall not live out half their days. But I will trust in thee.

Psalm 65:6

who by thy strength hast established the mountains, being girded with might;

Psalm 69:2

I sink in deep mire, where there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and the flood sweeps over me.

Isaiah 38:10

I said, In the noontide of my days I must depart; I am consigned to the gates of Sheol for the rest of my years.

Isaiah 38:17

Lo, it was for my welfare that I had great bitterness; but thou hast held back my life from the pit of destruction, for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.

Isaiah 40:12

Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand and marked off the heavens with a span, enclosed the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance?

Ezekiel 26:20

then I will thrust you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you to dwell in the nether world, among primeval ruins, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you will not be inhabited or have a place in the land of the living.

Ezekiel 31:14

All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to lofty height or set their tops among the clouds, and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height; for they are all given over to death, to the nether world among mortal men, with those who go down to the Pit.

Habakkuk 3:10

The mountains saw thee, and writhed; the raging waters swept on; the deep gave forth its voice, it lifted its hands on high.

Habakkuk 3:6

He stood and measured the earth; he looked and shook the nations; then the eternal mountains were scattered, the everlasting hills sank low. His ways were as of old.

Matthew 16:18

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the powers of death shall not prevail against it.

Deuteronomy 32:22

For a fire is kindled by my anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth and its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.