Jonah 4:3
And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?
Cross References
Numbers 11:15And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.
1 Kings 19:4And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
Job 6:8Oh that I might have my request, and that God would grant my desire!
Job 7:16I loathe it; I shall not live always: let me alone, for my days are a breath.
Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be vexed; for vexation resteth in the bosom of fools.
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Matthew Henry on Jonah 4:2-5
The Prophet's Discontent. ( b. c. 840.) 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 ,… Read the whole commentary →