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Jonah 2:6 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Jonah 2:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jonah chapter 2 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. bottoms: Heb. cuttings off corruption: or, the pit”
Jonah 2:6 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jonah 2:6
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. Jonah's descent reaches its lowest point before deliverance. "I went down to the bottoms of the mountains" (leqatzvei harim yaradti, לְקַצְוֵי הָרִים יָרַדְתִּי) describes sinking to the ocean floor where underwater mountains have their foundations. The verb yarad (יָרַד—"went down") has appeared repeatedly in Jonah's flight: down to Joppa (1:3), down into the ship (1:3, 1:5), and now down to the ocean floor. This marks the nadir of his do...
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Cross-References for Jonah 2:6
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“you have brought up my soul from Sheol. You have kept me alive”
“neither will you allow your holy one to see corruption.”
“for peace I had great anguish”
“Yahweh. My spirit fails. Don't hide your face from me”
“before the hills”
“and were afraid. The storm of waters passed by. The deep roared and lifted up its hands on high.”
“Burns to the lowest Sheol”
“and says”
“having armed yourself with strength;”
“their children”