Jonah 2:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Jonah 2:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jonah 2:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jonah 2:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.”

Jonah 2:5 — World English Bible

Jonah 2:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Jonah 2:5 — American Standard Version

Jonah 2:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.”

Jonah 2:5 — Young's Literal Translation

Jonah 2:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head. ”

Jonah 2:5 — Darby Translation

Jonah 2:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The waters compassed me about vnto the soule: the depth closed me rounde about, and the weedes were wrapt about mine head.”

Jonah 2:5 — Geneva Bible

Jonah 2:5 in Context — 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.

4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

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

6 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.

7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the Lord: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

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What Does Jonah 2:5 Mean?

Jonah 2:5 is a verse from the Book of Jonah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jonah chapter 2. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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