Jonah 4:3
What does Jonah 4:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Jonah 4:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better <FI>is<Fi> my death than my life.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
Context
v.2And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
v.3This passage
v.4And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
- Numbers 11:15
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
- 1 Corinthians 9:15
But I have used none of these things: and I write not these things that it may be so done in my case; for it were good for me rather to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.
- Numbers 20:3
And the people strove with Moses, and spake, saying, Would that we had died when our brethren died before Jehovah!
- Jeremiah 20:14
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
- 1 Kings 19:4
But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper-tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is enough; now, O Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
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