3Therefore 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 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 hasted to flee unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, 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 And the LORD said, Doest thou well to be angry?

5 Then 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 Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for [it is] better for me to die than to live.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Now, O Lord , take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:3And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better is my death than my life.'

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:3Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.