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Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jonah/2.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The waters closed in over me to take my life; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped about my head<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jonah/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jonah/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The waters compassed me about, <i>even</i> to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jonah/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The waters surrounded me, <i>even</i> to my soul; The deep closed around me; Weeds were wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jonah/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Water encompassed me to the point of death. The deep flowed around me, Seaweed was wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jonah/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Water encompassed me to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Weeds were wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jonah/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Water encompassed me to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Weeds were wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jonah/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Water encompassed me to <i>my very</i> soul. The great deep surrounded me, Weeds were wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jonah/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The waters surrounded me, to the point of death. The great deep engulfed me, Seaweed was wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jonah/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The water engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jonah/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The waters engulfed me up to the neck; the watery depths overcame me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jonah/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jonah/2.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I was almost drowned by the swirling waters that surrounded me. Seaweed had wrapped around my head. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jonah/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jonah/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Water surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep [sea] covered me completely. Seaweed was wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jonah/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The water came over me and choked me; the sea covered me completely, and seaweed wrapped around my head. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jonah/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Flood waters encompassed me, the deep surrounded me while seaweed wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jonah/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The waters engulfed me to take my life; the watery depths closed around me; the seaweed wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jonah/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jonah/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The waters surrounded me, threatening my life. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jonah/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The waters encompassed me, even to the soul: the depth inclosed me on every side, the weeds were wrapped about my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jonah/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jonah/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Waters have surrounded me to the soul, "" The deep surrounds me, "" The weed is bound to my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jonah/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jonah/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />The waters encompassed me even to the soul: the deep will surround me, the sedge was bound to my head.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jonah/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jonah/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 2:6>The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The abyss has walled me in. The ocean has covered my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jonah/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The waters surged around me up to my neck; the deep enveloped me; seaweed wrapped around my head. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jonah/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The waters closed in over me; the deep surrounded me; weeds were wrapped around my head<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jonah/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The waters engulfed me, even to the soul; the depth closed me round about, my head lay at the bottom of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jonah/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />The waters surrounded me unto the soul and the depths surrounded me, and my head was shut in at the bottom of the sea<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jonah/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jonah/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jonah/2-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfTdDqEKJXA?start=229" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jonah/2.htm">Jonah's Prayer</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>At this, I said, ‘I have been banished from Your sight; yet I will look once more toward Your holy temple.’ <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: ma·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">The waters</a> <a href="/hebrew/661.htm" title="661: ’ă·p̄ā·p̄ū·nî (V-Qal-Perf-3cp:: 1cs) -- To surround, encompass. A primitive root; to surround.">engulfed me</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to take</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">my life;</a> <a href="/hebrew/8415.htm" title="8415: tə·hō·wm (N-cs) -- Deep, sea, abyss. Or thom; from huwm; an abyss, especially the deep.">the watery depths</a> <a href="/hebrew/5437.htm" title="5437: yə·sō·ḇə·ḇê·nî (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- A primitive root; to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively.">closed around me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5488.htm" title="5488: sūp̄ (N-ms) -- Reeds, rushes. Probably of Egyptian origin; a reed, especially the papyrus.">the seaweed</a> <a href="/hebrew/2280.htm" title="2280: ḥā·ḇūš (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To bind, bind on, bind up. A primitive root; to wrap firmly; figuratively, to stop, to rule.">wrapped</a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: lə·rō·šî (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">around my head.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>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!…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-1.htm">Psalm 69:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Lilies.” Of David. Save me, O God, for the waters are up to my neck. / I have sunk into the miry depths, where there is no footing; I have drifted into deep waters, where the flood engulfs me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/18-4.htm">Psalm 18:4-6</a></span><br />The cords of death encompassed me; the torrents of chaos overwhelmed me. / The cords of Sheol entangled me; the snares of death confronted me. / In my distress I called upon the LORD; I cried to my God for help. From His temple He heard my voice, and my cry for His help reached His ears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-7.htm">Psalm 42:7</a></span><br />Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Psalm 88:6-7</a></span><br />You have laid me in the lowest Pit, in the darkest of the depths. / Your wrath weighs heavily upon me; all Your waves have submerged me. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-54.htm">Lamentations 3:54</a></span><br />The waters flowed over my head, and I thought I was going to die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/130-1.htm">Psalm 130:1</a></span><br />A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/40-1.htm">Psalm 40:1-2</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry. / He lifted me up from the pit of despair, out of the miry clay; He set my feet upon a rock, and made my footsteps firm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/116-3.htm">Psalm 116:3-4</a></span><br />The ropes of death entangled me; the anguish of Sheol overcame me; I was confronted by trouble and sorrow. / Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Isaiah 43:2</a></span><br />When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/38-8.htm">Job 38:8-11</a></span><br />Who enclosed the sea behind doors when it burst forth from the womb, / when I made the clouds its garment and thick darkness its blanket, / when I fixed its boundaries and set in place its bars and doors, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a></span><br />For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-30.htm">Luke 11:30</a></span><br />For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-8.htm">2 Corinthians 1:8-10</a></span><br />We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. / Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. / He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/6-4.htm">Romans 6:4</a></span><br />We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/3-20.htm">1 Peter 3:20-21</a></span><br />who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water. / And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/40-2.htm">Psalm 40:2</a></b></br> He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, <i>and</i> established my goings.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-1.htm">Psalm 69:1,2</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, <i>A Psalm</i> of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto <i>my</i> soul… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-54.htm">Lamentations 3:54</a></b></br> Waters flowed over mine head; <i>then</i> I said, I am cut off.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jonah/1-3.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-13.htm">Circling</a> <a href="/daniel/12-9.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Compass</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Compassed</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-10.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Depth</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Encompassed</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Engulfed</a> <a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Great</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-15.htm">Head</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-22.htm">Inclosed</a> <a href="/hosea/11-4.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/daniel/7-28.htm">Point</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Round</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-11.htm">Side</a> <a href="/amos/2-15.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-22.htm">Surrounded</a> <a href="/jonah/1-4.htm">Threatened</a> <a href="/amos/9-5.htm">Water</a> <a href="/jonah/2-3.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/job/31-40.htm">Weed</a> <a href="/hosea/10-4.htm">Weeds</a> <a href="/hosea/4-19.htm">Wrapped</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nahum/3-10.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/joshua/6-3.htm">Circling</a> <a href="/jonah/2-6.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-4.htm">Compass</a> <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Compassed</a> <a href="/jonah/4-3.htm">Death</a> <a href="/micah/1-4.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/matthew/13-5.htm">Depth</a> <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Encompassed</a> <a href="/psalms/78-53.htm">Engulfed</a> <a href="/jonah/3-2.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Head</a> <a href="/luke/5-6.htm">Inclosed</a> <a href="/nahum/1-13.htm">Neck</a> <a href="/haggai/2-11.htm">Point</a> <a href="/micah/5-1.htm">Round</a> <a href="/jonah/4-5.htm">Side</a> <a href="/jonah/2-7.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/luke/21-20.htm">Surrounded</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Threatened</a> <a href="/jonah/3-7.htm">Water</a> <a href="/micah/1-4.htm">Waters</a> <a href="/matthew/13-41.htm">Weed</a> <a href="/matthew/13-25.htm">Weeds</a> <a href="/matthew/27-59.htm">Wrapped</a><div class="vheading2">Jonah 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/2-1.htm">The prayer of Jonah.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/2-10.htm">He is delivered out of the belly of the fish.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jonah/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jonah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jonah/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The waters engulfed me to take my life;</b><br>This phrase captures Jonah's dire situation as he is submerged in the sea. The imagery of water engulfing him symbolizes overwhelming distress and impending death. In biblical context, water often represents chaos and judgment, as seen in the Genesis flood narrative (<a href="/genesis/7-17.htm">Genesis 7:17-24</a>) and the Red Sea crossing (<a href="/exodus/14-21.htm">Exodus 14:21-28</a>). Jonah's experience parallels the Israelites' deliverance through water, highlighting God's power over creation and His ability to save. The phrase also foreshadows the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, who referred to Jonah's three days in the fish as a sign of His own burial and resurrection (<a href="/matthew/12-40.htm">Matthew 12:40</a>).<p><b>the watery depths closed around me;</b><br>The "watery depths" suggest the deep ocean, a place of mystery and fear in ancient Near Eastern culture. This phrase emphasizes Jonah's helplessness and the severity of his predicament. In the Hebrew Bible, the depths often symbolize Sheol, the realm of the dead (<a href="/psalms/88-6.htm">Psalm 88:6</a>), indicating Jonah's near-death experience. The closing in of the depths can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual and physical entrapment, reflecting the consequences of fleeing from God's command. This imagery is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are reminded of God's deliverance from spiritual death through Christ (<a href="/colossians/1-13.htm">Colossians 1:13</a>).<p><b>the seaweed wrapped around my head.</b><br>Seaweed entangling Jonah's head adds a vivid detail to his plight, suggesting suffocation and entrapment. In the ancient world, the sea was often associated with chaos and evil, and being entangled in seaweed would have been a terrifying experience. This imagery can be linked to the crown of thorns placed on Jesus' head during His crucifixion (<a href="/matthew/27-29.htm">Matthew 27:29</a>), symbolizing suffering and mockery. Jonah's entanglement serves as a physical manifestation of his spiritual rebellion and the consequences of running from God. It underscores the theme of repentance and redemption, as Jonah's deliverance from the fish prefigures the salvation offered through Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonah.htm">Jonah</a></b><br>A prophet of God who initially fled from God's command to go to Nineveh, resulting in his being swallowed by a great fish.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_great_fish.htm">The Great Fish</a></b><br>The creature appointed by God to swallow Jonah, providing him a place of reflection and repentance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sea.htm">The Sea</a></b><br>Represents the chaos and danger Jonah faced, symbolizing his spiritual and physical distress.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_watery_depths.htm">The Watery Depths</a></b><br>A metaphor for Jonah's deep trouble and separation from God, both physically and spiritually.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/seaweed.htm">Seaweed</a></b><br>Symbolizes the entanglements and struggles Jonah faced, both literally and metaphorically.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_trials.htm">God's Sovereignty in Trials</a></b><br>Jonah's experience in the depths shows that God is in control, even in our darkest moments. Trust in His plan and timing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_reflection.htm">Repentance and Reflection</a></b><br>Jonah's prayer from the belly of the fish is a model of turning back to God in repentance. Use times of distress to seek God's face and realign with His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Jonah's cry to God demonstrates the importance of prayer in times of trouble. God hears and responds to the cries of His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_water.htm">Symbolism of Water</a></b><br>Water in the Bible often symbolizes chaos and judgment, but also cleansing and renewal. Reflect on how God uses life's "waters" to purify and strengthen us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/deliverance_and_hope.htm">Deliverance and Hope</a></b><br>Jonah's eventual deliverance points to the hope we have in Christ, who delivers us from sin and death.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jonah_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jonah 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_was_the_name_of_noah's_wife.htm">What are the earth's depths?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_jonah_die_inside_the_fish.htm">Did Jonah die inside the fish?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_jonah_survive_underwater.htm">If Jonah sank into the depths, how was he not crushed by water pressure or drowned? (Jonah 2:3–6) </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_christ's_obedience.htm">What does 'Deep calls to deep' in Psalm 42:7 mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jonah/2.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">The waters.--</span>See reference in margin.<p><span class= "bld">The weeds were wrapped about my head.--</span>This graphic touch is quite original. The figure of overwhelming waters is a common one in Hebrew song to represent some crushing sorrow, but nowhere is the picture so vivid as here. At the same time the entire absence of any reference to the fish, which would, indeed, be altogether out of place in this picture of a drowning man entangled in seaweed, should be noticed. That on which the prophet lays stress is not on the mode of his escape, but his escape itself.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jonah/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 5, 6.</span> - In parallel clauses, Jonah describes still more vividly the horrors that surrounded him. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Compassed me about</span>. Not the same word as in ver. 3. Septuagint, <span class="greek">περιεχίθη μοι</span> "was poured around me." Even to the soul; so as to reach his life (comp. <a href="/psalms/18-5.htm">Psalm 18:5</a>; <a href="/psalms/69-1.htm">Psalm 69:1, 2</a>; <a href="/lamentations/3-54.htm">Lamentations 3:54</a>). <span class="cmt_word">The depth closed me round about.</span> The verb is the lame as in ver. 3, translated there, "compassed me about" Vulgate, <span class="accented">abyssus vallavit me</span>. <span class="cmt_word">The weeds</span> (<span class="accented">suph</span>); seaweed. Jonah sank to the bottom before he was swallowed by the fish. The LXX. omits the word. The Vulgate gives <span class="accented">pelagus</span>, which is probably derived from the fact of the Red Sea being called "the Sea of Suph," the term being thence applied to any sea. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jonah/2-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The waters</span><br /><span class="heb">מַ֙יִם֙</span> <span class="translit">(ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">engulfed me</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲפָפ֤וּנִי</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·p̄ā·p̄ū·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_661.htm">Strong's 661: </a> </span><span class="str2">To surround, encompass</span><br /><br /><span class="word">up to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the neck;</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֔פֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">the watery depths</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּה֖וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(tə·hō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8415.htm">Strong's 8415: </a> </span><span class="str2">An abyss, the deep</span><br /><br /><span class="word">overcame me;</span><br /><span class="heb">יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי</span> <span class="translit">(yə·sō·ḇə·ḇê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5437.htm">Strong's 5437: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn about, go around, surround</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the seaweed</span><br /><span class="heb">ס֖וּף</span> <span class="translit">(sūp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5488.htm">Strong's 5488: </a> </span><span class="str2">A reed, the papyrus</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wrapped</span><br /><span class="heb">חָב֥וּשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·ḇūš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2280.htm">Strong's 2280: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wrap firmly, to stop, to rule</span><br /><br /><span class="word">around my head.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְרֹאשִֽׁי׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·rō·šî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> </span><span class="str2">The head</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jonah/2-5.htm">Jonah 2:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jonah/2-5.htm">Jonah 2:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jonah/2-5.htm">Jonah 2:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jonah/2-5.htm">Jonah 2:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jonah/2-5.htm">Jonah 2:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jonah/2-5.htm">Jonah 2:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jonah/2-5.htm">Jonah 2:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jonah/2-5.htm">Jonah 2:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jonah/2-5.htm">Jonah 2:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jonah/2-5.htm">Jonah 2:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jonah/2-5.htm">OT Prophets: Jonah 2:5 The waters surrounded me even to (Jon. 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