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Jonah 2:3–4

You threw me into the ocean depths,

and I sank down to the heart of the sea.

The mighty waters engulfed me;

I was buried beneath your wild and stormy waves.

Then I said, ‘O Lord, you have driven me from your presence.

Yet I will look once more toward your holy Temple.’

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Jonah 2:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

You hurled me into the depths,

into the very heart of the seas,

and the currents swirled about me;

all your waves and breakers

swept over me.

I said, ‘I have been banished

from your sight;

yet I will look again

toward your holy temple.’

Jonah 2:3–4 — English Standard Version (ESV)

For you cast me into the deep,

into the heart of the seas,

and the flood surrounded me;

all your waves and your billows

passed over me.

Then I said, ‘I am driven away

from your sight;

yet I shall again look

upon your holy temple.’

Jonah 2:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

For thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the midst of the seas;

And the floods compassed me about:

All thy billows and thy waves passed over me.

Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight;

Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

Jonah 2:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

For You cast me into the deep,

Into the heart of the seas,

And the floods surrounded me;

All Your billows and Your waves passed over me.

Then I said, ‘I have been cast out of Your sight;

Yet I will look again toward Your holy temple.’

Jonah 2:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

You threw me into the sea,

down, down into the deep sea.

The water was all around me,

and your powerful waves flowed over me.

I said, ‘I was driven out of your presence,

but I hope to see your Holy Temple again.’

Jonah 2:3–4 — American Standard Version (ASV)

For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas,

And the flood was round about me;

All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes;

Yet I will look again toward thy holy temple.

Jonah 2:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me. And I said, I am cast out from before thine eyes, Yet will I look again toward thy holy temple.

Jonah 2:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

You threw me into the deep, into the depths of the sea, 

and water surrounded me. 

All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me. 

“Then I thought, 

‘I have been banished from your sight. 

Will I ever see your holy temple again?’ 

Jonah 2:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

You threw me into the depths,

into the heart of the seas,

and the current overcame me.

All Your breakers and Your billows swept over me.

But I said: I have been banished

from Your sight,

yet I will look once more

toward Your holy temple.

Jonah 2:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

You cast me into the deep,

into the heart of the seas,

and the flood surrounded me;

all your waves and your billows

passed over me.

Then I said, ‘I am driven away

from your sight;

how shall I look again

upon your holy temple?’

Jonah 2:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

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.

And I said, ‘I am banished

from your sight;

how will I continue to look

on your holy temple?’

Jonah 2:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

You threw me into the Mediterranean Sea.

I was in the middle of its waters.

They were all around me.

All of your rolling waves

were sweeping over me.

I said, ‘I have been driven away from you.

But I will look again

toward your holy temple in Jerusalem.’

Jonah 2:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“For You had cast me into the deep,

Into the heart of the seas,

And the current engulfed me.

All Your breakers and billows passed over me.

“So I said, ‘I have been expelled from Your sight.

Nevertheless I will look again toward Your holy temple.’


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