KJV 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.
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Jonah 2:6
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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!
WEB World English Bible
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
ASV 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.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Jonah 2
3 For 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.
4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy 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 hast thou 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 unto thee, into thine holy temple.
8 They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay [that] that I have vowed. Salvation [is] of the LORD.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
לְקִצְבֵ֤יH7095 · qe.tsevshapeהָרִים֙H2022 · harmountain: mountיָרַ֔דְתִּיH3381 · ya.radto go downהָאָ֛רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetבְּרִחֶ֥יהָH1280 · be.ri.achbarבַעֲדִ֖יH1157 · be.adabout/through/forלְעוֹלָ֑םH5769 · o.lamforever: enduringוַתַּ֧עַלH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseמִשַּׁ֛חַתH7845 · sha.chatPit: hellחַיַּ֖יH2416 · chayaliveיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהָֽי׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Psalm 30:3O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.Psalm 16:10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.Isaiah 38:17Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul [delivered it] from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.Psalm 143:7Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.Proverbs 8:25-29Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:Habakkuk 3:10The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up his hands on high.Job 33:28He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.Job 38:4-11Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.Acts 13:33-37God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.Psalm 104:8They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.Isaiah 40:12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?Psalm 65:6Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; [being] girded with power:Psalm 55:23But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.Job 33:24Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.Deuteronomy 32:22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.Psalm 30:9What profit [is there] in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?Psalm 104:6Thou coveredst it with the deep as [with] a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.Habakkuk 3:6He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting.
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