# Jonah 2.7
**Book:** [Jonah](/codex/jonah/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 5. The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head. 6. I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; The earth with its bars closed upon me for ever: Yet hast thou brought up my life from the pit, O Jehovah my God.
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> **7. When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Jehovah; And my prayer came in unto thee, into thy holy temple.**
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> 8. They that regard lying vanities Forsake their own mercy. 9. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation is of Jehovah. (Jonah 2:5-9, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 5. The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head. 6. 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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> **7. “When my soul fainted within me, I remembered Yahweh. My prayer came in to you, into your holy temple.**
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> 8. Those who regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9. But I will sacrifice to you with the voice of thanksgiving. I will pay that which I have vowed. Salvation belongs to Yahweh.” (Jonah 2:5-9, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 5. The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head. 6. 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. bottoms: Heb. cuttings off corruption: or, the pit
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> **7. When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.**
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> 8. They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy. 9. But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD. (Jonah 2:5-9, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 5. Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head. 6. To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.
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> **7. In the feebleness within me of my soul Jehovah I have remembered, And come in unto Thee doth my prayer, Unto Thy holy temple.**
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> 8. Those observing lying vanities their own mercy forsake. 9. And I, with a voice of thanksgiving, I sacrifice to Thee, That which I have vowed I complete, Salvation [is] of Jehovah. (Jonah 2:5-9, YLT)
## Setting
- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_
## Theological reading
_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._
## Key words
_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._
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## Quoted in
**Arguments and defeaters:**
- [Jonah Swallowed By A Whale Fiction Defeater](/codex/jonah-swallowed-by-a-whale-fiction-defeater/)
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## Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.