Jonah 4:3
King James Version (KJV)
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
In context
1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
Jonah 4:3 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
- WEB World English Bible
- Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.