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


In Context

1 But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry.

2 He prayed to the Lord , "O Lord , is this not what I said when I was still at home? That is why I was so quick to flee to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.

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

4 But the Lord replied, "Have you any right to be angry?"

5 Jonah went out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to 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 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 English Revised 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 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.