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Jonah 2:3

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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In the Hebrew text this line is Jonah 2:4.

וַתַּשְׁלִיכֵ֤נִיvatashlikheniand throwשָׁלַךְconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “and throw”, the next action in the storyH7993to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)adventure, cast (away, down, forth, off, out), hurl, pluck, throw.מְצוּלָה֙metsulahdeepמְצוֹלָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH4688a deep place (of water or mud)bottom, deep, depth.בִּלְבַ֣בbilvavin breastלֵבָבpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in breast”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3824the heart (as the most interior organ);[phrase] bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-) heart(-ed), midst, mind, [idiom] unawares, understanding.יַמִּ֔יםyamimseaיָםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “sea”, the ordinary formH3220a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin; locally, the west, or (rarely) the southsea ([idiom] -faring man, (-shore)), south, west (-ern, side, -ward).וְנָהָ֖רvenaharand floodנָהָרpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.יְסֹבְבֵ֑נִיyesovevenibringסָבַבverb, poel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “bring”, an unfinished actionH5437to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figurativelybring, cast, fetch, lead, make, walk, [idiom] whirl, [idiom] round about, be about on every side, apply, avoid, beset (about), besiege, bring again, carry (about), change, cause to come about, [idiom] circuit, (fetch a) compass (about, rou…כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).מִשְׁבָּרֶ֥יךָmishbareykhabillowמִשְׁבָּרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “billow”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4867a breaker (of the sea)billow, wave.וְגַלֶּ֖יךָvegaleykhaand heapגַּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and heap”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1530something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)billow, heap, spring, wave.עָלַ֥יalayaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עָבָֽרוּavarvalienateעָבַרverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “alienate”, a completed actionH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(2-4) For Thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all Thy waves and Thy billows passed over me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

For thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me; All thy waves and thy billows passed over me.

Young’s Literal Translation

When Thou dost cast me [into] the deep, Into the heart of the seas, Then the flood doth compass me, All Thy breakers and Thy billows have passed over me.

World English Bible

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.

Darby Translation

For thou didst cast me into the depth, into the heart of the seas, And the flood was round about me: All thy breakers and thy billows are gone over me.

Douay-Rheims

And he said: I cried out of my affliction to the Lord, and he heard me: I cried out of the belly of hell, and thou hast heard my voice.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(2-4) For Thou didst cast me into the depth, in the heart of the seas, and the flood was round about me; all Thy waves and Thy billows passed over me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou didst cast me into the depths of the heart of the sea, and the floods compassed me: all thy billows and thy waves have passed upon me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

καὶ ποταμοί ἐκύκλωσάν με, πάντες οἱ μετεωρισμοί σου καὶ τὰ κύματά σου ἐπʼ ἐμὲ διῆλθον.