1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Jonah 2:6 | *The waters compassed me about even to the soul: the deep hath closed me round about, the sea hath covered my head. Psalm 68:1. | Soul, so that I was in danger of being suffocated, Psalms 68:2. (Calmet) --- Sea. Hebrew, "weeds entangled," etc. (Haydock) --- The Mediterranean has a great deal of sea weed. He speaks of the time before he was swallowed up by the fish. |