But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O YHWH, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
Jonah 4:3 - Y'all Version Bible So now, YHWH, I beg you, 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 juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O YHWH, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
A good name is better than fine perfume; and the day of death better than the day of one’s birth.
Don’t be hasty in your spirit to be angry, for anger rests in the bosom of fools.
Death will 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 YHWH Almighty.
When the sun arose, God appointed a hot east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he became faint. He begged with all his soul to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don’t let me see my wretchedness.”
The people quarreled with Moses, and spoke-spoke, “We wish that we had died when our brothers died before YHWH!
But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case. In fact, it would be more excellent to die than allow anyone to make my boasting void.