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


In Context

2 And said, I cried by reason of my affliction to the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and you heard my voice.

3 For you had cast me into the deep, in the middle of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all your billows and your waves passed over me.

4 Then I said, I am cast out of your sight; yet I will look again toward your 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 have you 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 to you, into your holy temple.

Jonah 2:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:5The waters compassed me about, [even] to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:5The engulfing waters threatened me, the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:5The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5The waters encompassed me, even to the soul: the depth inclosed me on every side, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:5Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.