But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree, and prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, יהוה, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”
Job 3:21 - The Scriptures 2009 who are waiting for death, but it does not come, and search for it more than treasures; Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Which long for death, but it cometh not; And dig for it more than for hid treasures; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who long and wait for death, but it comes not, and dig for it more than for hidden treasures, American Standard Version (1901) Who long for death, but it cometh not, And dig for it more than for hid treasures; Common English Bible those waiting in vain for death, who search for it more than for treasure, Catholic Public Domain Version who expect death, and it does not arrive, like those who dig for treasure Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That look for death, and it cometh not, as they that dig for a treasure: |
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a broom tree, and prayed that he might die, and said, “It is enough! Now, יהוה, take my life, for I am no better than my fathers!”
But the eyes of the wrong are consumed, and they shall not escape, and their expectancy is the breathing out of life!”
who rejoice exceedingly, they are glad when they find the burial-site?
Oh that I might have my desire, that Eloah would grant me what I long for!
That it would please Eloah to crush me, loose His hand and cut me off!
Therefore I commended the dead who were already dead, more than the living who are still alive.
“And death shall be preferred to life by all the rest of those who remain of this evil people, who remain in all the places where I have driven them,” declares יהוה of hosts.
“And now, O יהוה, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!”
And it came to be when the sun came up, that Elohim appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun struck on Yonah’s head, so that he grew faint, and asked for his life to die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
“And if You are doing this to me, kill me – please kill me, if I have found favour in Your eyes, and let me not see my evil!”
And in those days men shall seek death and shall not find it. And they shall long to die, but death shall flee from them.