Lexham English Bible

Jonah 2:2-6 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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

3. And you threw me into the deep, into the heart of the seas, and the sea currents surrounded me; all your breakers and your surging waves passed over me.

4. And I said, ‘I am banished from your sight; how will I continue to look on your holy temple?’

5. The waters encompassed me up to my neck; the deep surrounded me; seaweed was wrapped around my head.

6. I went down to the foundations of the mountains; the Underworld—its bars were around me forever. But you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.