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Jonah 2

Jonah 2:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I went down
yarad (Hebrew #3381)
a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications): --X abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, X indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
Pronounce: yaw-rad'
to the ψbottoms
qetseb (Hebrew #7095)
shape (as if cut out); base (as if there cut off)
KJV usage: bottom, size.
Pronounce: keh'-tseb
Origin: from 7094
of the mountains
har (Hebrew #2022)
a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
KJV usage: hill (country), mount(-ain), X promotion.
Pronounce: har
Origin: a shortened form of 2042
; the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
with her bars
briyach (Hebrew #1280)
a bolt
KJV usage: bar, fugitive.
Pronounce: ber-ee'-akh
Origin: from 1272
was about me for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
: yett hast thou brought up
`alah (Hebrew #5927)
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative (as follow)
KJV usage: arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, + shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, X mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, + perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
Pronounce: aw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
my life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
from γcorruption
shachath (Hebrew #7845)
a pit (especially as a trap); figuratively, destruction
KJV usage: corruption, destruction, ditch, grave, pit.
Pronounce: shakh'-ath
Origin: from 7743
, O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
my God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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cuttings off.
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Isa. 38:17• 17Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. (Isa. 38:17)
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or, the pit.

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Earth,
Forever,
God,
Life,
Mountain Mount

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Ministry on This Verse

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bottoms.
Heb. cuttings off.
mountains.
Deut. 32:22• 22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains. (Deut. 32:22)
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Psa. 65:6• 6Who by his strength established the mountains, being girded with power; (Psa. 65:6)
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Psa. 104:6,8• 6Thou hadst covered it with the deep, as with a vesture; the waters stood above the mountains:
 8The mountains rose, the valleys sank, unto the place which thou hadst founded for them;-- (Psa. 104:6,8)
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Isa. 40:12• 12Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heavens with his span, and grasped the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a balance, and the hills in scales? (Isa. 40:12)
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Hab. 3:6,10• 6He stood, and measured the earth; He beheld, and discomfited the nations; And the eternal mountains were scattered, The everlasting hills gave way: His ways are everlasting.
 10The mountains saw thee, they were in travail: Torrents of waters passed by; The deep uttered its voice, Lifted up its hands on high. (Hab. 3:6,10)
the earth.
Job 38:4‑11• 4Where wast thou when I founded the earth? Declare, if thou hast understanding.
 5Who set the measures thereof--if thou knowest? or who stretched a line upon it?
 6Whereupon were the foundations thereof sunken? or who laid its corner-stone,
 7When the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy?
 8And who shut up the sea with doors, when it burst forth, issuing out of the womb?
 9When I made the cloud its garment, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it;
 10When I cut out for it my boundary, and set bars and doors,
 11And said, Hitherto shalt thou come and no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? (Job 38:4‑11)
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Prov. 8:25‑29• 25Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth;
 26while as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the beginning of the dust of the world.
 27When he prepared the heavens I was there; when he ordained the circle upon the face of the deep;
 28when he established the skies above, when the fountains of the deep became strong;
 29when he imposed on the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment, when he appointed the foundations of the earth: (Prov. 8:25‑29)
yet.
Psa. 16:10• 10For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy One to see corruption. (Psa. 16:10)
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Isa. 38:17• 17Behold, instead of peace I had bitterness upon bitterness; but thou hast in love delivered my soul from the pit of destruction; for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back. (Isa. 38:17)
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Acts 13:33‑37• 33that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, *Thou* art my Son: this day have *I* begotten thee.
 34But that he raised him from among the dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.
 35Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.
 36For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.
 37But he whom God raised up did not see corruption. (Acts 13:33‑37)
corruption.
or, the pit.
Job 33:24,28• 24Then he will be gracious unto him, and say, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.
 28He hath delivered my soul from going into the pit, and my life shall see the light. (Job 33:24,28)
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Psa. 30:3,9• 3Jehovah, thou hast brought up my soul from Sheol, thou hast quickened me from among those that go down to the pit.
 9What profit is there in my blood, in my going down to the pit? shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? (Psa. 30:3,9)
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Psa. 55:23• 23And thou, O God, wilt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days. But as for me, I will confide in thee. (Psa. 55:23)
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Psa. 143:7• 7Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit. (Psa. 143:7)
• Now Jonah was down about as far as he could go. It is well for us when we are down. Referring once more to that beautiful 116th Psalm (v.6 JND Trans.), we read, “I was brought low, and He saved me.” It is when we are brought down, when our pride is brought low, that He is able to save us. As soon as Jonah got down to the very bottom, he said, “I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the bars of the earth closed upon me forever;” then, immediately we read, “But Thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.” v.6. (“Jonah 2: Jonah Prays” by G.C. Willis)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The bars of the earth closed upon me for ever: But thou hast brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.

W. Kelly Translation

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I went down to the bottoms of the mountains;{HR}The bars of the earth closed upon me forever:{HR}But thou hast brought up my life from the pit,{HR}O Jehovah my God.{HR}

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)