King James Version

Jonah 2:5

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Jonah 2:6.

אֲפָפ֤וּנִיafafunicompassאָפַףverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “compass”, a completed actionH661to surroundcompass.מַ֨יִם֙mayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).עַדadevenעַדpreposition — “even”H5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)against, and, as, at, before, by (that), even (to), for(-asmuch as), (hither-) to, [phrase] how long, into, as long (much) as, (so) that, till, toward, until, when, while, ([phrase] as) yet.נֶ֔פֶשׁnefeshcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…תְּה֖וֹםtehomdeepתְּהוֹםnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “deep”, the ordinary formH8415an abyss (as a surging mass of water), especially the deep (the main sea or the subterranean watersupply)deep (place), depth.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…ס֖וּףsufflagסוּףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “flag”, the ordinary formH5488a reed, especially the papyrusflag, Red (sea), weed. Compare H5489 (סוּף).חָב֥וּשׁchavushsaddleחָבַשׁverb, qal, passive participle, absolute — “saddle”, a verb used as a describing wordH2280to wrap firmly (especially a turban, compress, or saddle); figuratively, to stop, to rulebind (up), gird about, govern, healer, put, saddle, wrap about.לְרֹאשִֽׁיleroshito headרֹאשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “to head”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, [idiom] every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), [idiom] lead, [idiom] poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(2-6) The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; The deep was round about me; The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Young’s Literal Translation

Compassed me have waters unto the soul, The deep doth compass me, The weed is bound to my head.

World English Bible

The waters surrounded me, even to the soul. The deep was around me. The weeds were wrapped around my head.

Darby Translation

The waters encompassed me, to the soul: The deep was round about me, The weeds were wrapped about my head.

Douay-Rheims

And I said: I am cast away out of the sight of thy eyes: but yet I shall see thy holy temple again.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(2-6) The waters compassed me about, even to the soul; the deep was round about me; the weeds were wrapped about my head.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Water was poured around me to the soul: the lowest deep compassed me, my head went down

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Περιεχύθη μοι ὕδωρ ἕως ψυχῆς, ἄβυσσος ἐκύκλωσέ με ἐσχάτη, ἔδυ ἡ κεφαλή μου εἰς σχισμὰς ὀρέων,