In Jonah 1:12-16, the sailors cast Jonah into the sea — here he acknowledges God's sovereign hand behind that event, using the same 'cast into the deep' language.

Psalm 42:7 says 'all your breakers and your waves have gone over me' — nearly identical phrasing to Jonah 2:3, showing a shared lament tradition.

Psalm 69:1 cries 'the waters have come up to my neck' — the same overwhelming flood imagery as Jonah's experience of being engulfed.

Psalm 69:2 describes sinking in deep mire and floodwaters sweeping over — directly parallel to Jonah's 'waves and billows passed over me'.

Psalm 69:14 pleads 'let me not sink in deep waters' — Jonah's prayer uses the same desperate imagery of being overwhelmed by the deep.

Psalm 69:15 prays 'let not the flood sweep over me' — Jonah's experience of being overwhelmed by waves echoes this plea.

Lamentations 3:54 says 'water closed over my head; I said, I am lost' — Jonah's experience in the deep mirrors this cry of utter despair and abandonment.

In Psalm 88:7, 'you overwhelm me with all your waves' uses identical phrasing—directly parallel to Jonah’s description of God's judgment.

In Job 22:11, Eliphaz uses 'flood of waters covers you' as divine judgment—mirroring Jonah's experience of being overwhelmed by God's waves.