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Jonah 2:5

American Standard Version

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

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Jonah 2:5 in other translations

The waters surrounded me,
even to the soul.
The deep was around me.
The weeds were wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:5 · World English Bible

Jonah 2:5 in context

  1. 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.
  2. 4And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes; Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.
  3. 5The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.
  4. 6I 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.
  5. 7When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.