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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Jonah 2 contains 10 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.