Jonah 2:5-7
Easy-to-Read Version
5 “The seawater closed over me.
The water covered my mouth,
and I could not breathe.[a]
I went down, down into the deep sea.
Seaweed wrapped around my head.
6 I was at the bottom of the sea,
the place where the mountains begin.
I thought I was locked in this prison forever,
but the Lord my God took me out of my grave.
God, you gave me life again!
7 “My soul gave up all hope,
but then I remembered the Lord.
I prayed to you,
and you heard my prayers in your holy Temple.
Footnotes
- Jonah 2:5 mouth, and I could not breathe Or “The water surrounded me to my soul.” The Hebrew word for soul also means “life,” “self,” or “appetite,” and “throat” or “mouth.”
Jonah 2:5-7
New International Version
Footnotes
- Jonah 2:5 Or waters were at my throat
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