Jonah 4:3
“Therefore now, O Lord, Take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die then to liue.”
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Jonah 4:3 Context
1But it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 2And he prayed vnto the Lord, and sayd, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my countrey? Therefore I fledde before vnto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and mercifull, slow to anger, and of great kindnesse, and repentest thee of the euill. 3Therefore now, O Lord, Take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die then to liue. 4¶ Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry? 5So Ionah went out of the citie, and sate on the East side of the city, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadow, till hee might see what would become of the citie.
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Other Translations for Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live.
- King James Version
"Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
- American Standard Version (1901)
So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
- Basic English Bible
And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
- Darby Bible
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
- Webster's Bible
Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
- World English Bible
And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech Thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jonah 4:3
4:3 Than to live - Disgraced and upbraided by hardened sinners, who will brand me for a liar.