Jonah 2:5-7

International Children’s Bible

⁵The waters of the sea closed over me.
I was about to die.
The deep sea was all around me.
    Seaweed wrapped around my head.
⁶I went down to where the mountains of the sea start to rise.
    I thought I was locked in this prison forever.
But you saved me from death,
    Lord my God.

⁷“When my life had almost gone,
I remembered the Lord.
Lord, I prayed to you.
And you heard my prayers in your Holy Temple.

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Jonah 2:5-7

New International Version

⁵The engulfing waters threatened me,^[a]
    the deep surrounded me;
    seaweed was wrapped around my head.^(A)
⁶To the roots of the mountains^(B) I sank down;
    the earth beneath barred me in forever.
But you, Lord my God,
    brought my life up from the pit.^(C)