Jonah 2:6
“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.”
— Jonah 2:6
About this verse
Jonah 2:6 comes from the book of Jonah, written during the Divided Kingdom (~930 BC) period. The setting is inside fish. These words are attributed to Jonah. The dominant emotion in this verse is grateful, with a comfort power of 80% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the prayer genre of biblical literature. Key themes include rescue from death, God as deliverer, life from pit. Notable phrases: bottoms of the mountains; earth barred me in forever; brought up my life from the pit. This verse is a prayer.
Speaker
Jonah
Era
Divided Kingdom (~930 BC)
Emotion
grateful
Type
prayer
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