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.


In Context

1 And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.

2 And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

3 When 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.

4 And I — I said: I have been cast out from before Thine eyes, (Yet I add to look unto Thy holy temple!)

5 Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

2:3You 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.

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.