Jonah 2:3

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas; and the floods compassed me about: all thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:7 : 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
  • Lam 3:54 : 54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.
  • Ps 69:1-2 : 1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A alm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.
  • Ps 69:14-15 : 14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters. 15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
  • Ps 88:5-8 : 5 Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. 6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the dee. 7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah. 8 Thou hast put away mine acquaintance far from me; thou hast made me an abomination unto them: I am shut up, and I cannot come forth.
  • Jonah 1:12-16 : 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you. 13 Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them. 14 Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee. 15 So they took up ah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging. 16 Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jonah 2:4-7
    4 verses
    86%

    4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

    5 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

    6 I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

    7 When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

  • 7 Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.

  • Jonah 2:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1 Then ah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

    2 And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    81%

    5 When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;

    6 The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;

  • Ps 88:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest pit, in darkness, in the dee.

    7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves. Selah.

  • Lam 3:53-55
    3 verses
    79%

    53 They have cut off my life in the dungeon, and cast a stone upon me.

    54 Waters flowed over mine head; then I said, I am cut off.

    55 I called upon thy name, O LORD, out of the low dungeon.

  • Ps 69:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, A alm of David. Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul.

    2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

  • 17 He sent from above, he took me; he drew me out of many waters;

  • Ps 18:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

    5 The sorrows of hell compassed me about: the snares of death prevented me.

  • 3 The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • 16 He sent from above, he took me, he drew me out of many waters.

  • 12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?

  • 1 A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD.

  • Ps 69:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

    15 Let not the waterflood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up, and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.

  • 12 And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

  • 16 Hast thou entered into the springs of the sea? or hast thou walked in the search of the depth?

  • Ps 124:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4 Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

    5 Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

  • 22 For I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications when I cried unto thee.

  • 3 The floods have lifted up, O LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice; the floods lift up their waves.

  • 5 The depths have covered them: they sank into the bottom as a stone.

  • 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

  • 10 Thou didst blow with thy wind, the sea covered them: they sank as lead in the mighty waters.

  • 4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • 16 The waters saw thee, O God, the waters saw thee; they were afraid: the depths also were troubled.

  • 22 Thou liftest me up to the wind; thou causest me to ride upon it, and dissolvest my substance.

  • 34 In the time when thou shalt be broken by the seas in the depths of the waters thy merchandise and all thy company in the midst of thee shall fall.

  • 11 And thou didst divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps, as a sto into the mighty waters.

  • 16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over me; thy terrors have cut me off.

  • 14 They came upon me as a wide breaking in of waters: in the desolation they rolled themselves upon me.

  • 26 They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.

  • 8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.

  • 2 For thou art the God of my strength: why dost thou cast me off? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

  • 20 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.

  • 26 Thy rowers have brought thee into great waters: the east wind hath broken thee in the midst of the seas.

  • 6 He hath set me in dark pces, as they that be dead of old.

  • 3 O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

  • 11 Or darkness, that thou canst not see; and abundance of waters cover thee.

  • 3 When my spirit was overwhelmed within me, then thou knewest my path. In the way wherein I walked have they privily laid a snare for me.