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Jonah 2:5

eThe waters closed in over me fto take my life;

the deep surrounded me;

weeds were wrapped about my head

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Jonah 2:5 — The New International Version (NIV)

The engulfing waters threatened me,

the deep surrounded me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:5 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul:

The depth closed me round about,

The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Jonah 2:5 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“I sank beneath the waves,

and the waters closed over me.

Seaweed wrapped itself around my head.

Jonah 2:5 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

The waters surrounded me, even to my soul;

The deep closed around me;

Weeds were wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:5 — New Century Version (NCV)

The waters of the sea closed around my throat.

The deep sea was all around me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:5 — American Standard Version (ASV)

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul;

The deep was round about me;

The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Jonah 2:5 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Jonah 2:5 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

“Water surrounded me, threatening my life. 

The deep ⸤sea⸥ covered me completely. 

Seaweed was wrapped around my head. 

Jonah 2:5 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

The waters engulfed me up to the neck;

the watery depths overcame me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:5 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

The waters closed in over me;

the deep surrounded me;

weeds were wrapped around my head

Jonah 2:5 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The waters encompassed me up to my neck;

the deep surrounded me;

seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:5 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

I had almost drowned in the waves.

The deep waters were all around me.

Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

Jonah 2:5 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

Water encompassed me to the point of death.

The great deep engulfed me,

Weeds were wrapped around my head.


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