Jonah 2:6
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
To the roots of the mountains I descended; the earth beneath me barred me in forever! But You raised my life from the pit, O LORD my God!

Young's Literal Translation
To the cuttings of mountains I have come down, The earth, her bars [are] behind me to the age. And Thou bringest up from the pit my life, O Jehovah my God.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
To the roots
לְקִצְבֵ֤י (lə·qiṣ·ḇê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7095: A cut, shape, extremity

of the mountains
הָרִים֙ (hā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2022: Mountain, hill, hill country

I descended;
יָרַ֔דְתִּי (yā·raḏ·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

the earth
הָאָ֛רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

beneath me
בַעֲדִ֖י (ḇa·‘ă·ḏî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's 1157: In up to, over against, at, beside, among, behind, for

barred me in
בְּרִחֶ֥יהָ (bə·ri·ḥe·hā)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 1280: A bolt

forever!
לְעוֹלָ֑ם (lə·‘ō·w·lām)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5769: Concealed, eternity, frequentatively, always

But You raised
וַתַּ֧עַל (wat·ta·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

my life
חַיַּ֖י (ḥay·yay)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

from the pit,
מִשַּׁ֛חַת (miš·ša·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 7845: A pit, destruction

O LORD
יְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

my God!
אֱלֹהָֽי׃ (’ĕ·lō·hāy)
Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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