Jonah 2:5
Good News Translation
The water came over me and choked me; the sea covered me completely, and seaweed wrapped around my head.

New Revised Standard Version
The waters closed in over me; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped around my head

Contemporary English Version
I was almost drowned by the swirling waters that surrounded me. Seaweed had wrapped around my head.

New American Bible
The waters surged around me up to my neck; the deep enveloped me; seaweed wrapped around my head.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again.

Psalm 40:2 And he heard my prayers, and brought me out of the pit of misery and the mire of dregs. And he set my feet upon a rock, and directed my steps.

Psalm 69:1,2 Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. [2] Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul. . . .

Lamentations 3:54 Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

Context
Jonah's Prayer
4And thou hast cast me forth into the deep, in the heart of the sea, and a flood hast compassed me: all thy billows, and thy waves have passed over me. 5And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see the holy temple again.6The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head.…
Cross References
Luke 21:20
And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, then know that the desolation thereof is at hand.

Psalm 69:1
Unto the end, for them that shall be changed; for David. [2] Save me, O God: for the waters are come in even unto my soul.

Psalm 69:2
I stick fast in the mire of the deep and there is no sure standing. I am come into the depth of the sea, and a tempest hath overwhelmed me.

Lamentations 3:54
Sade. Waters have flowed over my head: I said: I am cut off.

Jonah 2:4
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