Jonah 2:3

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You threw me into the deep waters, into the middle of the sea; the ocean current engulfed me; all the mighty waves you sent swept over me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:7 : 7 One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.
  • Lam 3:54 : 54 The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.
  • Ps 69:1-2 : 1 For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck. 2 I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.
  • Ps 69:14-15 : 14 Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water! 15 Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!
  • Ps 88:5-8 : 5 adrift among the dead, like corpses lying in the grave, whom you remember no more, and who are cut off from your power. 6 You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths. 7 Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah) 8 You cause those who know me to keep their distance; you make me an appalling sight to them. I am trapped and cannot get free.
  • Jonah 1:12-16 : 12 He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.” 13 Instead, they tried to row back to land, but they were not able to do so because the storm kept growing worse and worse. 14 So they cried out to the LORD,“Oh, please, LORD, don’t let us die on account of this man! Don’t hold us guilty of shedding innocent blood. After all, you, LORD, have done just as you pleased.” 15 So they picked Jonah up and threw him into the sea, and the sea stopped raging. 16 The men feared the LORD greatly, and earnestly vowed to offer lavish sacrifices to the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jonah 2:4-7
    4 verses
    86%

    4I thought I had been banished from your sight, that I would never again see your holy temple!

    5Water engulfed me up to my neck; the deep ocean surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

    6I went down to the very bottoms of the mountains; the gates of the netherworld barred me in forever; but you brought me up from the Pit, O LORD, my God.

    7When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.

  • Ps 42:7
    85%

    7One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

  • Jonah 2:1-2
    2 verses
    83%

    1Jonah prayed to the LORD his God from the stomach of the fish

    2and said,“I called out to the LORD from my distress, and he answered me; from the belly of Sheol I cried out for help, and you heard my prayer.

  • 2 Sam 22:5-6
    2 verses
    81%

    5The waves of death engulfed me; the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

    6The ropes of Sheol tightened around me; the snares of death trapped me.

  • Ps 88:6-7
    2 verses
    81%

    6You place me in the lowest regions of the Pit, in the dark places, in the watery depths.

    7Your anger bears down on me, and you overwhelm me with all your waves.(Selah)

  • Lam 3:53-55
    3 verses
    79%

    53They shut me up in a pit and threw stones at me.

    54The waters closed over my head; I thought I was about to die.

    55ק(Qof) I have called on your name, O LORD, from the deepest pit.

  • Ps 69:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1For the music director; according to the tune of“Lilies;” by David. Deliver me, O God, for the water has reached my neck.

    2I sink into the deep mire where there is no solid ground; I am in deep water, and the current overpowers me.

  • 2 Sam 22:17
    76%

    17He reached down from above and grabbed me; he pulled me from the surging water.

  • Ps 18:4-5
    2 verses
    76%

    4The waves of death engulfed me, the currents of chaos overwhelmed me.

    5The ropes of Sheol tightened around me, the snares of death trapped me.

  • Ps 116:3
    76%

    3The ropes of death tightened around me, the snares of Sheol confronted me. I was confronted with trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 18:16
    76%

    16He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.

  • Job 7:12
    76%

    12Am I the sea, or the creature of the deep, that you must put me under guard?

  • Ps 130:1
    75%

    1A song of ascents. From the deep water I cry out to you, O LORD.

  • Ps 69:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14Rescue me from the mud! Don’t let me sink! Deliver me from those who hate me, from the deep water!

    15Don’t let the current overpower me! Don’t let the deep swallow me up! Don’t let the Pit devour me!

  • Jonah 1:12
    75%

    12He said to them,“Pick me up and throw me into the sea so that the sea will calm down for you, because I know it’s my fault you are in this severe storm.”

  • Job 38:16
    74%

    16Have you gone to the springs that fill the sea, or walked about in the recesses of the deep?

  • Ps 124:4-5
    2 verses
    74%

    4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

    5The raging water would have overwhelmed us.

  • Ps 31:22
    74%

    22I jumped to conclusions and said,“I am cut off from your presence!” But you heard my plea for mercy when I cried out to you for help.

  • Ps 93:3
    73%

    3The waves roar, O LORD, the waves roar, the waves roar and crash.

  • Exod 15:5
    73%

    5The depths have covered them, they went down to the bottom like a stone.

  • Ps 102:10
    73%

    10because of your anger and raging fury. Indeed, you pick me up and throw me away.

  • Exod 15:10
    73%

    10But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

  • Ps 143:4
    73%

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Ps 77:16
    73%

    16The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.

  • Job 30:22
    73%

    22You pick me up on the wind and make me ride on it; you toss me about in the storm.

  • Ezek 27:34
    73%

    34Now you are wrecked by the seas, in the depths of the waters; your merchandise and all your company have sunk along with you.

  • Neh 9:11
    73%

    11You split the sea before them, and they crossed through the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into surging waters.

  • Ps 88:16
    73%

    16Your anger overwhelms me; your terrors destroy me.

  • Job 30:14
    72%

    14They come in as through a wide breach; amid the crash they come rolling in.

  • Ps 107:26
    72%

    26They reached up to the sky, then dropped into the depths. The sailors’ strength left them because the danger was so great.

  • Exod 15:8
    72%

    8By the blast of your nostrils the waters were piled up, the flowing water stood upright like a heap, and the deep waters were solidified in the heart of the sea.

  • Ps 43:2
    72%

    2For you are the God who shelters me. Why do you reject me? Why must I walk around mourning because my enemies oppress me?

  • Ps 71:20
    72%

    20Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

  • Ezek 27:26
    72%

    26Your rowers have brought you into surging waters. The east wind has wrecked you in the heart of the seas.

  • Lam 3:6
    72%

    6He has made me reside in deepest darkness like those who died long ago.

  • Ps 30:3
    72%

    3O LORD, you pulled me up from Sheol; you rescued me from among those descending into the grave.

  • Job 22:11
    72%

    11why it is so dark you cannot see, and why a flood of water covers you.

  • Ps 142:3
    72%

    3Even when my strength leaves me, you watch my footsteps. In the path where I walk they have hidden a trap for me.