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


In Context

1 And it is grievous unto Jonah — a great evil — and he is displeased at it;

2 and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, 'I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land — therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish — that I have known that Thou art a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?

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

4 And Jehovah saith, 'Is doing good displeasing to thee?'

5 And Jonah goeth forth from the city, and sitteth on the east of the city, and maketh to himself there a booth, and sitteth under it in the shade, till that he seeth what is in 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 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.