The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsThe waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.
Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.
The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJonah — A reluctant prophet fleeing from Nineveh, a storm, a great fish, a repentant city, and a bush. The only prophet whose book is entirely narrative — and whose complaint against God's mercy is the book's real subject.
- Author
- The book is anonymous; Jonah son of Amittai is the subject (1:1; cf. 2 Kings 14:25)
- Date
- Jonah's historical ministry c. 8th c. BC under Jeroboam II; book's composition disputed