But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
Jonah 4:3 - English Standard Version 2016 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for 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. |
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a broom tree. And he asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
A good name is better than precious ointment, and the day of death than the day of birth.
Be not quick in your spirit to become angry, for anger lodges in the heart of fools.
Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family in all the places where I have driven them, declares the Lord of hosts.
When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint. And he asked that he might die and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
If you will treat me like this, kill me at once, if I find favor in your sight, that I may not see my wretchedness.”
And the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Would that we had perished when our brothers perished before the Lord!
But I have made no use of any of these rights, nor am I writing these things to secure any such provision. For I would rather die than have anyone deprive me of my ground for boasting.