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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 — KJV
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Jonah 2:5
King James Version (KJV)
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Jonah 2:5
Verse 5 of 10
Commentary
Commentary on Jonah 2:5
Theological / DevotionalSoul. Heb. nephesh, here perhaps used in the sense of “life” (see on Ps. 16:10). That is, the waters compassed him almost to the point of taking his life (cf. Ps. 69:1, 2).
Weeds were wrapped. It is doubtful that the highly poetic language here should be interpreted so literally. Jonah is describing the fate of one consigned to the depths, and thus with dramatic vividness pictures him adorned with a turban of seaweeds.
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