Jonah 2:5 BSB — MannaFest

Jonah 2:5

The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

BSB

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ASV

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

KJV

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

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Commentary

3 voices

Irenaeus

Against Heresies Book V (202)

If, however, any one imagine it impossible that men should survive for such a length of time, and that Elias was not caught up in the flesh, but that his flesh was consumed in the fiery chariot, let him consider that Jonah, when he had been cast into the deep, and swallowed down into the whale's belly, was by the command of God again thrown out safe upon the land.

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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul,.... Either when he was first cast into the sea, which almost suffocated him, and just ready to take away his life, could not breathe for them, as is the case of a man drowning; or these were the waters the fish drew into its belly, in such large quantities, that they compassed him about, even to the endangering of his life there.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And this also is borrowed from David's complaint, Ps. lxix. The waters have come in unto my soul. When without are fightings it is no marvel that within are fears.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אֲפָפ֤וּנִי	'a.fa.Fu.ni	they have encompassed me	H661 →
מַ֙יִם֙	ma.yim	waters	H4325 →
עַד־	'ad-	to	H5704 →
נֶ֔פֶשׁ	Ne.fesh	[the] neck	H5315 →
תְּה֖וֹם	te.Hom	[the] deep	H8415 →
יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי	ye.soe.Ve.ni	it surrounds me	H5437 →
ס֖וּף	suf	rush[es]	H5488 →
חָב֥וּשׁ	cha.Vush	[is] wrapped round	H2280 →
לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃	le.ro.Shi	to head my	H7218 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 40:2
He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.
leads to
- Psalms 37:23
  The steps of a man are ordered by the LORD who takes delight in his journey.
- Psalms 119:133
  Order my steps in Your word; let no sin rule over me.
- Psalms 27:5
  For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.
- Matthew 7:24–25
  Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.
- Psalms 61:2
  From the ends of the earth I call out to You whenever my heart is faint. Lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
Through
Lamentations 3:54
The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.
leads to
- Jonah 2:3–5
  For You cast me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the current swirled about me; all Your breakers and waves swept over me.
- Ezekiel 37:11
  Then He said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look, they are saying, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’
- Psalms 18:4
  The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jonah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jonah