Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 2:5:

• Kupsabiny: “The water of the ocean was engulfing me.
  Water was above/on top of me.
  Ropes wrapped themselves around my head
  which (plur.) grew inside the sea.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The water came up to my neck.
  It seemed that the ocean would swallow me.
  The seaweed [Lit.: ocean grass] wrapped around my head.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The water rose-above me and (it) seemed that I was- almost -about-to-drown.
  The water covered me and my head was-entangled/wrapped-around by a plant in the sea.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “I sank and I was not able-to-breathe. I was totally submerged by water and my head was wrapped-around with weeds of the ocean.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “The water surrounded me, and threatened to drown me. Seaweed was wrapped around my head.” (Source: Translation for Translators)