Jonah 2:6 “To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred…”

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!

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever; yet you have brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

I went downe to the bottome of the moutaines: the earth with her barres was about me for euer, yet hast thou brought vp my life from the pit, O Lord my God.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.

Bible in Basic English

I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.

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Cross references

“mountains”

Deuteronomy 32:22 Psalm 65:6 Psalm 104:6 Psalm 104:8 Isaiah 40:12 Habakkuk 3:6

Deuteronomy 32:22 · BSB

For 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.

Psalm 65:6 · BSB

You formed the mountains by Your power, having girded Yourself with might.

Psalm 104:6 · BSB

You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

Psalm 104:8 · BSB

the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

Isaiah 40:12 · BSB

Who 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…

Habakkuk 3:6 · BSB

He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.

“the earth”

Proverbs 8:25–29 Job 38:4–11

Proverbs 8:25–29 · BSB

Before the mountains were settled, before the hills, I was brought forth,

Job 38:4–11 · BSB

Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding.

“yet”

Psalm 16:10 Isaiah 38:17 Acts 13:33–37

Psalm 16:10 · BSB

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Isaiah 38:17 · BSB

Surely 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.

Acts 13:33–37 · BSB

He 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.’

“corruption”

Psalm 30:3 Psalm 143:7 Job 33:24 Job 33:28 Psalm 30:9 Psalm 55:23

Psalm 30:3 · BSB

O LORD, You pulled me up from Sheol; You spared me from descending into the Pit.

Psalm 143:7 · BSB

Answer 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 33:24 · BSB

to be gracious to him and say, ‘Spare him from going down to the Pit; I have found his ransom,’

Job 33:28 · BSB

He redeemed my soul from going down to the Pit, and I will live to see the light.’

Psalm 30:9 · BSB

“What gain is there in my bloodshed, in my descent to the Pit? Will the dust praise You? Will it proclaim Your faithfulness?

Psalm 55:23 · BSB

But 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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.

7As my life was fading away, I remembered the LORD. My prayer went up to You, to Your holy temple.

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