Jonah 4:3

A Conservative Version

Therefore now, O LORD, I beseech thee, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. And he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough, now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A [good] name is better than precious oil, and the day of death, than the day of birth.

Numbers 11:15

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight, and let me not see my wretchedness.

Jonah 4:8

And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live

Numbers 20:3

And the people strove with Moses, and spoke, saying, Would that we had died when our brothers died before LORD!

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have used none of these things, and I did not write these things so that it should be done to me this way. For it is good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my boasting empty.

Jeremiah 8:3

And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them, says LORD of hosts.

Jonah 4:4

And LORD said, Do thou well to be angry?

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.