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


In Context

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.

6 To the roots of the mountains I sank down; the earth beneath barred me in forever. But you brought my life up from the pit, O Lord my God.

7 "When my life was ebbing away, I remembered you, Lord , and my prayer rose to you, to 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 American 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 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.