Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. Elijah sat down under a bush. He asked to die. Elijah said, “I have had enough, Lord! Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors. [210] ”
Jonah 4:3 - Easy To Read Version So now I ask you, Lord, please kill me. It is better for me to die than to live!” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore now, O Lord, I beseech You, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Common English Bible At this point, LORD, you may as well take my life from me, because it would be better for me to die than to live.” Catholic Public Domain Version And now, Lord, I ask you to take my life from me. For it is better for me to die than to live." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live. |
Then Elijah walked for a whole day into the desert. Elijah sat down under a bush. He asked to die. Elijah said, “I have had enough, Lord! Let me die. I am no better than my ancestors. [210] ”
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“I will force the people of Judah to leave their homes and their land. The people will be taken away to foreign lands. Some of the people of Judah that were not killed in the war will wish that they had been killed.” This message is from the Lord.
Then the Lord said, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry just because I did not destroy those people?”
After the sun was high in the sky, God caused a hot east wind to blow. The sun became very hot on Jonah’s head and Jonah became very, very weak. Jonah asked God to let him die. Jonah said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
If you plan to continue giving me their troubles, then kill me now. If you accept me as your servant, then let me die now. Then I will be finished with all my troubles!”
The people argued with Moses. They said, “Maybe we should have died in front of the Lord like our brothers did.
But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not trying to get anything from you. That is not my purpose for writing this. I would rather die than to have my reason for boasting taken away.