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Jonah 2:6

Jonah 2:6
I went down to the bottoms of the mountains; the earth with her bars was about me for ever: yet hast thou brought up my life from corruption, O LORD my God.

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

When my soul fainted within me,.... Covered with grief; overwhelmed with sorrow; ready to faint and sink at the sight of…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

I went down to the bottoms, (literally “the cuttings off”) of the mountains - , the “roots” as the Chaldee and we call…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

I went down to the bottoms of the mountains - This also may be literally understood. The fish followed the slanting base…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

bottoms Lit., as in margin, " cuttings off," the mountains being poetically conceived of as stretching away their roots…