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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Gill's Exposition
I went down to the bottom of the mountains,.... Which are in the midst of the sea, whither the fish carried him, and where the waters are deep; or the bottom of rocks and promontories on the shore of…
Barnes' Notes
The waters compassed me about even to the soul - Words which to others were figures of distress (Psa 69:2. See the introduction to Jonah), “the waters have come even to the soul,” were to Jonah…
Adam Clarke
The waters compassed me about even to the soul - So as to seem to deprive me of life. I had no hope left.
The weeds were wrapped about my head - This may be understood literally also. He found himself…
Cambridge Bible
compassed me about It would be better, perhaps, to render surrounded me, in order to show that this is a different word from that in Jon 2:2, and then in the second clause of this verse, where the…