YNA 2:5 Parallel Verse View

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Original JNA 2:6: Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (JNA 2:6) Περιεχύθη μοι ὕδωρ ἕως ψυχῆς, ἄβυσσος ἐκύκλωσέ με ἐσχάτη, ἔδυ ἡ κεφαλή μου εἰς σχισμὰς ὀρέων,
(Perieⱪuthaʸ moi hudōr heōs psuⱪaʸs, abussos ekuklōse me esⱪataʸ, edu haʸ kefalaʸ mou eis sⱪismas oreōn,)

BrTr (JNA 2:6) Water was poured around me to the soul: the [fn]lowest deep compassed me, my head went down

ULT Water had closed around me even as far as life, the deep was surrounding me;
⇔ seaweed was wrapped around my head.

UST Water was all around me, close to ending my life; yes, deep water surrounded me;
⇔ seaweed became wrapped around my head.

BSB & MSB The waters engulfed me
⇔ to take my life;
⇔ the watery depths closed around me;
⇔ the seaweed wrapped around my head.

OEB ⇔ The waters surrounded me,
⇔ the great deep engulfed me,
⇔ the sea weeds were wrapped about my head.

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

MSG ^(1-9)Then Jonah prayed to his God from the belly of the fish.
¶ He prayed:
  “In trouble, deep trouble, I prayed to God.
  He answered me.
From the belly of the grave I cried, ‘Help!’
  You heard my cry.
You threw me into ocean’s depths,
  into a watery grave,
With ocean waves, ocean breakers
  crashing over me.
I said, ‘I’ve been thrown away,
  thrown out, out of your sight.
I’ll never again lay eyes
  on your Holy Temple.’
Ocean gripped me by the throat.
  The ancient Abyss grabbed me and held tight.
My head was all tangled in seaweed
  at the bottom of the sea where the mountains take root.
I was as far down as a body can go,
  and the gates were slamming shut behind me forever—
Yet you pulled me up from that grave alive,
  O God, my God!
When my life was slipping away,
  I remembered God,
And my prayer got through to you,
  made it all the way to your Holy Temple.
Those who worship hollow gods, god-frauds,
  walk away from their only true love.
But I’m worshiping you, God,
  calling out in thanksgiving!
And I’ll do what I promised I’d do!
  Salvation belongs to God!”

NET Water engulfed me up to my neck;
⇔ the deep ocean surrounded me;
⇔ seaweed was wrapped around my head.

LSV Waters have surrounded me to the soul,
The deep surrounds me,
The weed is bound to my head.

FBV The water swirled over me so I couldn't breathe; the deep sucked me down; seaweed wrapped itself around my head.

T4T The water surrounded me, and threatened to drown me. Seaweed was wrapped around my head.

LEB • The waters encompassed me up to my neck;
• the deep surrounded me;
• seaweed was wrapped around my head.

BBE The waters were circling round me, even to the neck; the deep was about me; the sea-grass was twisted round my head.

Moff The waters closed to choke me,
⇔ the deep rolled round me,
⇔ sea-weeds wrapped my head,

JPS (JNA 2:6) (2-7) I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars closed upon me for ever; yet hast Thou brought up my life from the pit, O LORD my God.

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

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

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

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

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

SLT The waters encompassed me even to the soul: the deep will surround me, the sedge was bound to my head.

Wbstr The waters encompassed me, even to the soul: the depth inclosed me on every side, the weeds were wrapped about my head.

KJB-1769 The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.
(The waters compassed/surrounded me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds were wrapped about my head.)

KJB-1611 The waters compassed mee about euen to the soule; the depth closed mee round about; the weedes were wrapt about my head.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps The waters compassed me euen vnto the soule, the deapth closed me on euery side, and the weedes were wrapt about my head.
(The waters compassed/surrounded me even unto the soul, the depth closed me on every side, and the weeds were wrapped about my head.)

Gnva The waters compassed me about vnto the soule: the depth closed me rounde about, and the weedes were wrapt about mine head.
(The waters compassed/surrounded me about unto the soul: the depth closed me round about, and the weeds were wrapped about mine head.)

Cvdl The waters compased me, euen to the very soule: the depe laye aboute me, and the wedes were wrapte aboute myne heade.
(The waters compassed/surrounded me, even to the very soul: the deep lay about me, and the weeds were wrapped about mine head.)

Wycl And Y seide, Y am cast awei fro siyt of thin iyen; netheles eftsoone Y schal see thin hooli temple.
(And I said, I am cast away from sight of thin eyes; nevertheless soon_afterward I shall see thin holy temple.)

Luth (JNA 2:6) Wasser umgaben mich bis an mein Leben; die Tiefe umringete mich; Schilf bedeckte mein Haupt.
(water surroundings me until at/to my life; the depth surrounded me; reed covered my head.)

ClVg Et ego dixi: Abjectus sum a conspectu oculorum tuorum; verumtamen rursus videbo templum sanctum tuum.
(And I I_said: Thrown_away I_am from in_sight of_the_eyes yours; nevertheless again I_will_see the_temple/sanctuary holy your(sg).)

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 2:1–10: Jonah thanked the LORD for rescuing him

This section records the prayer that Jonah prayed after he was swallowed by the fish. Notice that the prayer is in the form of poetry. (Both BSB and GNT show this.) Therefore the structure of chapter two is very different from the other three chapters in Jonah, which are narrative material. If possible, try to translate the material in this chapter in a natural poetic form in your language. However, remember that the message is more important than the form in which it is written.

2:5a

The waters engulfed me to take my life;

¶ The waters engulfed me up to my neck,
¶ The sea rose around me up to my neck,

The waters engulfed me to take my life: The Hebrew for this is literally “waters surrounded me as far as my soul.” The Hebrew term nep̄eš has a number of possible meanings including “soul,” life, and “self.” Occasionally it can mean “neck, throat,” see Isaiah 5:14. This last meaning makes good sense here and a number of versions translate in a similar way to the NCV, which has:

“The waters of the sea closed around my throat” (NCV)

and Sasson (p. 182) who has:

“Water envelops me up to my neck.”

The important thing to express here is that Jonah was in a situation in which he was likely to die.

2:5b

the watery depths closed around me;

and the waters of the sea surrounded me.
and the water was all around me.

the watery depths closed around me: 2:5b is parallel to 2:5a. Jonah expressed the threat and danger of death that he felt as he found himself sinking deeper and deeper into the sea. Notice the parallelism:

The waters engulfed me to take my life;

the watery depths closed around me;

2:5c

the seaweed wrapped around my head.

Seaweed was wrapped around my head.
Sea plants were twisted round my head.

the seaweed wrapped around my head: Seaweed is a plant which grows on the bottom of the sea. It also floats freely in the sea and can wrap itself around people who are in the water. The Hebrew word used here is more general and can refer to any sort of plant which grows in water.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

אֲפָפ֤וּ⁠נִי מַ֨יִם֙ עַד־נֶ֔פֶשׁ תְּה֖וֹם יְסֹבְבֵ֑⁠נִי

they,have_encompassed_me waters until creature (Some words not found in UHB: they,have_encompassed_me waters until creature deep it,surrounds_me seaweed wrapped to,head_of,my )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases in a way that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [Water had closed around me even as far as life; indeed, the deep was surrounding me]

מַ֨יִם֙

waters

Alternate translation: [The sea]

עַד־נֶ֔פֶשׁ

until creature

Here the Hebrew term for life can also possibly mean “neck” or “breath” or “soul.” In any case, the water was threatening to end his life. Alternate translation: [up to my neck] or [as far as my soul]

תְּה֖וֹם יְסֹבְבֵ֑⁠נִי

(Some words not found in UHB: they,have_encompassed_me waters until creature deep it,surrounds_me seaweed wrapped to,head_of,my )

Alternate translation: [deep water was all around me]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

ס֖וּף

seaweed

The word seaweed means a kind of long, stringy plant that grows in the sea.

Parallel YNA 2:5

Section 2:1–10: Jonah thanked the LORD for rescuing him

2:5a

2:5b

2:5c