Jonah 2:3
For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.
KJV
et dixit : Clamavi de tribulatione mea ad Dominum, et exaudivit me ; de ventre inferi clamavi, et exaudisti vocem meam.
Vulgate
καὶ εἶπεν Ἐβόησα ἐν θλίψει μου πρὸς Κύριον τὸν θεόν μου, καὶ εἰσήκουσέν μου. ἐκ κοιλίας ᾅδου κραυγῆς μου ἤκουσας φωνῆς μου·
LXX
For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.
ASV
וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר קָ֠רָאתִי מִ/צָּ֥רָה לִ֛/י אֶל יְהוָ֖ה וַֽ/יַּעֲנֵ֑/נִי מִ/בֶּ֧טֶן שְׁא֛וֹל שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי שָׁמַ֥עְתָּ קוֹלִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2585From the time of David to the coming of the Messiah texts appearing in these sacred books show a deepening in prayer for oneself and in prayer for others.37 Thus the psalms were gradually collected into the five books of the Psalter (or "Praises"), the masterwork of prayer in the Old Testament.
Cross-references
- 2Sam 22:5 — When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;
- Gen 8:2 — The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
- Job 22:11 — Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.
- Lam 3:54 — Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
- Lam 3:54 — Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
- Ps 42:7 — Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
- Ps 42:7 — Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
- Ps 69:1 — Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.
- Ps 86:13 — For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
- Ps 93:3 — The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.