Jonah 2:6 — compare English translations
Compare translationsJonah 2:6 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 →
לְקִצְבֵ֤י
qetseb
H7095
cut
הָרִים֙
har
H2022
mountain
יָרַ֔דְתִּי
yârad
H3381
to go down
הָאָ֛רֶץ
ʼerets
H776
land
בְּרִחֶ֥יהָ
bᵉrîyach
H1280
bar
בַעֲדִ֖י
bᵉʻad
H1157
behind
לְעוֹלָ֑ם
ʻôwlâm
H5769
forever
וַתַּ֧עַל
ʻâlâh
H5927
to go up
מִשַּׁ֛חַת
shachath
H7845
pit
חַיַּ֖י
chay
H2416
living
יְהוָ֥ה
Yᵉhôvâh
H3068
LORD
אֱלֹהָֽי
ʼĕlôhîym
H430
God
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
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains. The earth barred me in forever: Yet have you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh my God.
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King James Version Public Domain
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
I had gone down to the bases of the mountains. The earth, its bars around me forever, but you brought up my life from the pit, Yahweh, my God!
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).