Jonah 2:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And I said, I have been sent away from before your eyes; how may I ever again see your holy Temple?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 69:1-2 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim. Of David.> Be my saviour, O God; because the waters have come in, even to my neck. 2 My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.
  • Lam 3:54 : 54 Waters were flowing over my head; I said, I am cut off.
  • Ps 40:2 : 2 He took me up out of a deep waste place, out of the soft and sticky earth; he put my feet on a rock, and made my steps certain.

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