3You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.


In Context

1 From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.

2 He said: "In my distress I called to the Lord , and he answered me. From the depths of the grave I called for help, and you listened to my cry.

3 You hurled me into the deep, into the very heart of the seas, and the currents swirled about me; all your waves and breakers swept over me.

4 I said, 'I have been banished from your sight; yet I will look again toward your holy temple.'

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

Jonah 2:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:3For 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

2:3For 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

2:3And thou hast cast me forth into the deep in the heart of the sea, and a flood hath compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

2:3For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:3For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

2:3For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:3For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods encompassed me: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

2:3For you threw me into the depths, in the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

2:3When Thou dost cast me into the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.