Jonah 2:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I went down to the bases of the mountains; as for the earth, her walls were about me for ever: but you have taken up my life from the underworld, O Lord my God.

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  • 2 Chr 30:27 : 27 Then the priests and the Levites gave the people a blessing: and the voice of their prayer went up to the holy place of God in heaven.
  • Ps 11:4 : 4 The Lord is in his holy Temple, the Lord's seat is in heaven; his eyes are watching and testing the children of men.
  • Ps 18:6 : 6 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.
  • Ps 65:4 : 4 Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.
  • Ps 77:10-11 : 10 And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High. 11 I will keep in mind the works of Jah: I will keep the memory of your wonders in the past.
  • Ps 143:5 : 5 I keep in mind the early days of the past, giving thought to all your acts, even to the work of your hands.
  • Jonah 2:4 : 4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.
  • Mic 1:2 : 2 Give ear, you peoples, all of you; give attention, O earth and everything in it: let the Lord God be witness against you, the Lord from his holy Temple.
  • Hab 2:20 : 20 But the Lord is in his holy Temple: let all the earth be quiet before him.
  • 2 Cor 1:9-9 : 9 Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead: 10 Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;
  • Heb 12:3 : 3 Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.
  • Lam 3:21-26 : 21 This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope. 22 It is through the Lord's love that we have not come to destruction, because his mercies have no limit. 23 They are new every morning; great is your good faith. 24 I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him. 25 The Lord is good to those who are waiting for him, to the soul which is looking for him. 26 It is good to go on hoping and quietly waiting for the salvation of the Lord.
  • Ps 119:81-83 : 81 <CAPH> My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word. 82 My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort? 83 For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.
  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.
  • Ps 22:14 : 14 I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
  • Ps 27:13 : 13 I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.
  • Ps 42:5 : 5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • Ps 42:11 : 11 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • Ps 43:5 : 5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God, for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.
  • 1 Sam 30:6 : 6 And David was greatly troubled; for the people were talking of stoning him, because their hearts were bitter, every man sorrowing for his sons and his daughters: but David made himself strong in the Lord his God.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2 Then Jonah made prayer to the Lord his God from the inside of the fish, and said,

    3 In my trouble I was crying to the Lord, and he gave me an answer; out of the deepest underworld I sent up a cry, and you gave ear to my voice.

    4 For you have put me down into the deep, into the heart of the sea; and the river was round about me; all your waves and your rolling waters went over me.

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

    6 The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.

  • 2 Sam 22:6-7
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    6 The cords of hell were round me: the nets of death came on me.

    7 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came to his ears.

  • 6 In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.

  • 8 My voice went up to you, O Lord; I made my prayer to the Lord.

  • Ps 77:2-3
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    2 In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

    3 I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

  • Ps 42:4-7
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    4 Let my soul be overflowing with grief when these things come back to my mind, how I went in company to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with the song of those who were keeping the feast.

    5 Why are you crushed down, O my soul? and why are you troubled in me? put your hope in God; for I will again give him praise who is my help and my God.

    6 My soul is crushed down in me, so I will keep you in mind; from the land of Jordan and of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar.

    7 Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

  • 4 Then I made my prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, take my soul out of trouble.

  • Ps 30:2-3
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    2 O Lord my God, I sent up my cry to you, and you have made me well.

    3 O Lord, you have made my soul come again from the underworld: you have given me life and kept me from going down among the dead.

  • Lam 3:20-21
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    20 My soul still keeps the memory of them; and is bent down in me.

    21 This I keep in mind, and because of this I have hope.

  • 22 And as for me, I said in my fear, I am cut off from before your eyes; but you gave ear to the voice of my prayer, when my cry went up to you.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> In my trouble my cry went up to the Lord, and he gave me an answer.

  • 3 When my cry came to your ears you gave me an answer, and made me great with strength in my soul.

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    4 I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)

  • 55 I was making prayer to your name, O Lord, out of the lowest prison.

  • 2 The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

  • Ps 143:6-7
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    6 My hands are stretched out to you: my soul is turned to you, like a land in need of water. (Selah.)

    7 Be quick in answering me, O Lord, for the strength of my spirit is gone: let me see your face, so that I may not be like those who go down into the underworld.

  • Ps 28:1-2
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    1 <Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

    2 Give ear to the voice of my prayer, when I am crying to you, when my hands are lifted up to your holy place.

  • 2 My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

  • 13 Have mercy on me, O Lord, and see how I am troubled by my haters; let me be lifted up from the doors of death;

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm.> When I was waiting quietly for the Lord, his heart was turned to me, and he gave ear to my cry.

  • 7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

  • Ps 116:7-8
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    7 Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

    8 You have taken my soul from the power of death, keeping my eyes from weeping, and my feet from falling.

  • 6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

  • 7 O Lord, let the voice of my cry come to your ears: have mercy on me, and give me an answer.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> Out of the deep have I sent up my cry to you, O Lord.

  • 1 <Maschil. Of David. A prayer when he was in the hole of the rock.> The sound of my cry went up to the Lord; with my voice I made my prayer for grace to the Lord.

  • 10 And I said, It is a weight on my spirit; but I will keep in mind the years of the right hand of the Most High.

  • 4 Because of this my spirit is overcome; and my heart is full of fear.

  • 6 The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.

  • 9 I will say to God my Rock, Why have you let me go from your memory? why do I go in sorrow because of the attacks of my haters?

  • 5 I have made my cry to you, O Lord; I have said, You are my safe place, and my heritage in the land of the living.

  • 1 <Of David.> To you, O Lord, my soul is lifted up.

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    3 My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?

  • 2 From the end of the earth will I send up my cry to you, when my heart is overcome: take me to the rock which is over-high for me.

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, I have made my cry to you; come to me quickly; give ear to my voice, when it goes up to you.

  • 6 When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.