Jonah 4:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Now let me die! I'd be better off dead.

Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

then walked another whole day into the desert. Finally, he came to a large bush and sat down in its shade. He begged the LORD, “I've had enough. Just let me die! I'm no better off than my ancestors.”

Ecclesiastes 7:1

A good reputation at the time of death is better than loving care at the time of birth.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Only fools get angry quickly and hold a grudge.

Jeremiah 8:3

Some of you people of Judah will be left alive, but I will force you to go to foreign countries, and you will wish you were dead. I, the LORD God All-Powerful, have spoken.

Jonah 4:4

The LORD replied, “What right do you have to be angry?”

Jonah 4:8

During the day the LORD sent a scorching wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head, making him feel faint. Jonah was ready to die, and he shouted, “I wish I were dead!”

Numbers 11:15

If this is the way you're going to treat me, just kill me now and end my miserable life!

Numbers 20:3

and complained, “Moses, we'd be better off if we had died along with the others in front of the LORD's sacred tent.

1 Corinthians 9:15

But I have never used these privileges of mine, and I am not writing this because I want to start now. I would rather die than let someone rob me of the right to take pride in this.