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Jonah 2:6

To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

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ASV

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

KJV

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O Lord my God.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לְקִצְבֵ֤יle.kitz.Veito extremities ofH7095 →
הָרִים֙ha.RimmountainsH2022 →
יָרַ֔דְתִּיya.Rad.tiI went downH3381 →
הָאָ֛רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776 →
בְּרִחֶ֥יהָbe.ri.Chei.habars itsH1280 →
בַעֲדִ֖יva.'a.Di[were] behind meH1157 →
לְעוֹלָ֑םle.'o.Lamfor everH5769 →
וַתַּ֧עַלva.Ta.'aland you brought upH5927 →
מִשַּׁ֛חַתmi.Sha.chatfrom [the] pitH7845 →
חַיַּ֖יchai.Yailife myH2416 →
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehO YahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהָֽי׃'e.lo.HaiGod myH430 →

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Psalms 30:3O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.Psalms 118:18The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.Psalms 16:10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.Isaiah 38:17Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.Psalms 71:20Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.Proverbs 8:25–29Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,Psalms 143:7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.Job 17:16Will it go down to the gates of Sheol? Will we go down together into the dust?”Acts 13:33–37He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’Psalms 104:8the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—Psalms 55:23But You, O God, will bring them down to the Pit of destruction; men of bloodshed and deceit will not live out half their days. But I will trust in You.Psalms 30:9“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?Job 33:28He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’Psalms 65:6You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.Isaiah 40:12Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, or marked off the heavens with the span of his hand? Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket, or weighed the mountains on a scale and the hills with a balance?Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.Job 38:4–11Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.Psalms 104:6You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

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Jonah Is Spewed Forth by the Whale — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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