Jonah 4:3

And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray thee, my life from me! for it is better for me to die than to live.

Noyes Bible

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 prayed to Jehovah and said, Ah! Jehovah, was not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? Therefore I made haste to flee to Tarshish. For I knew that thou art a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in mercy, and that thou repentest of a threatened evil.

4And Jehovah said, Is it right that thou shouldst be angry?

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Cross References

Job 6:8O that I might have my request, And that God would grant me that which I long for!

Job 7:16I am wasting away; I shall not live alway: Let me alone, for my days are a vapor!

Ecclesiastes 7:9Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry; for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

Jonah 4:8And when the sun arose, God appointed a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, and he was faint, and he asked for himself death, 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 →

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