Jonah 2:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJonah 2:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִי
shâlak
H7993
to throw
מְצוּלָה֙
mᵉtsôwlâh
H4688
depth
בִּלְבַ֣ב
lêbâb
H3824
heart
יַמִּ֔ים
yâm
H3220
sea
וְנָהָ֖ר
nâhâr
H5104
stream
יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִי
çâbab
H5437
to turn around
כָּל
kôl
H3605
all
מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָ
mishbâr
H4867
breaker
וְגַלֶּ֖יךָ
gal
H1530
wave
עָלַ֥י
ʻal
H5921
upon
עָבָֽרוּ
ʻâbar
H5674
to pass over
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
For you threw me into the depths, In the heart of the seas. The flood was all around me. All your waves and your billows passed over me.
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King James Version Public Domain
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.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Now you had cast me the deep, into the heart of the seas, and a current surrounded me; all your billows and your waves passed over me.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).