Jonah 4:3
And now, + 4:3 Gr. sovereign Lord. Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
4And the Lord said to Jonas, Are you very much grieved?
Cross References
Numbers 11:15And if you do thus to me, kill me utterly, if I have found favor with you, that I may not see my affliction.
1 Kings 19:4And he himself went a day's journey in the wilderness, and came and sat under a juniper tree; and asked concerning his life that he might die, and said, Let it be enough now, O Lord, take, I pray you, my life from me; for I am no better than my fathers.
Job 6:8For oh that he would grant my desire, and my petition might come, and the Lord would grant my hope!
Job 7:16For I shall not live for ever, that I should patiently endure: depart from me, for my life is vain.
Ecclesiastes 7:9The end of a matter is better than the beginning thereof: the patient is better than the high-minded.
Jonah 4:8And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun struck on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, 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 →