Jonah 2:6
Jonah · Old Testament · Chapter 2
“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.”Jonah 2:6
What Does Jonah 2:6 Mean?
Jonah 2:6 is found in the book of Jonah, chapter 2, verse 6 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jonah 2:6 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 30:3“O LORD, thou hast brought up my soul from the grave: thou hast kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.”Isaiah 38:17“Behold, for peace I had great bitterness: but thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption: for thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.”Psalms 16:10“For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”Psalms 118:18“The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death.”Deuteronomy 32:22“For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.”Job 17:16“They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust.”Psalms 71:20“Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth.”Psalms 143:7“Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.”Proverbs 8:25“Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth:”Job 33:24“Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit: I have found a ransom.”Job 33:28“He will deliver his soul from going into the pit, and his life shall see the light.”Job 38:4“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.”Psalms 18:15“Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.”Psalms 30:9“What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth?”Psalms 55:23“But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction: bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee.”Psalms 65:6“Which by his strength setteth fast the mountains; being girded with power:”Psalms 104:6“Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains.”Psalms 104:8“They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.”Isaiah 40:12“Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?”Habakkuk 3:6“He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways are everlasting.”
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