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This is a continuation of Jonah's prayer that started in [Jonah 2:1](./01.md).
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## The waters ##
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"The waters" refers to the sea.
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## to take my life ##
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"and were about to kill me."
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## the deep was all around me ##
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"the deep water was all around me"
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## seaweed ##
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"grass that grows in the sea"
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## The earth with its bars closed upon me for ever ##
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Jonah used a metaphor to compare the earth to a prison. It can also be translated as a simile. “The earth was like a prison that was about to lock me in forever.” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## Yet you brought up my life from the pit ##
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"But you saved my life from the place of the dead" or "But you saved me from the place where the dead people are"
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## O Yahweh, my God! ##
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In some languages it may be more natural to put this at the beginning of the sentence or next to the word "you". |