Jonah 2:6

bottoms Lit., as in margin, " cuttings off," the mountains being poetically conceived of as stretching away their roots or ridges to the lowest depths of the sea, and there ending or being cut off.

her bars Lit., ( as for) the earth, her bars, &c. The idea is that the gates of the earth were not only closed, but barred and made fast upon him, shutting him into the unseen world. The same word is used of Samson carrying away the gates of Gaza, "bar and all," i. e. probably a wooden beam used to hold fast the gates when they were closed. Judges 16:3. Comp. "Let not the pit shut her mouth upon me," Psalms 69:15.

from corruption Rather, from the pit. R. V.