Jonah 4:3

And now, Lord, Y preie, take my soule fro me; for deth is betere to me than lijf.

Bible (Wycliffe)

In The 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.

In Context

2And he preiede the Lord, and seide, Lord, Y biseche, whether this is not my word, whanne Y was yit in my lond? For this thing Y purposide, for to fle in to Tharsis; for Y woot, that thou, God, art meke and merciful, pacient, and of merciful doyng, and foryyuynge on malice.

4And the Lord seide, Gessist thou, whether thou art wel wrooth?

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Cross References

Numbers 11:15If in other maner it semeth to thee, Y biseche that thou sle me, and that Y fynde grace in thin iyen, that Y be not punyschid bi so grete yuelis.

1 Kings 19:4and yede in to deseert, the weie of o dai. And whanne he cam, and sat vndir o iunypere tre, he axide to his soule, that he schulde die; and he seide, Lord, it suffisith to me, take my soule; for Y am not betere than my fadris.

Job 6:8Who yyueth, that myn axyng come; and that God yyue to me that, that Y abide?

Job 7:16`Y dispeiride, now Y schal no more lyue; Lord, spare thou me, for my daies ben nouyt.

Ecclesiastes 7:9Forsothe the ende of preyer is betere than the bigynnyng. A pacient man is betere than a proud man.

Jonah 4:8And whanne the sunne was risun, the Lord comaundide to the hoot wynd and brennyng; and the sunne smoot on the heed of Jonas, and he swalide. And he axide to his soule that he schulde die, and seide, It is betere to me for to die, than for to lyue.

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