Verse 3

Jonah 4:3

King James Version

3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/עַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה קַח נָ֥א אֶת נַפְשִׁ֖/י מִמֶּ֑/נִּי כִּ֛י ט֥וֹב מוֹתִ֖/י מֵ/חַיָּֽ/י

English Translation

And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

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Chapter 4 Context

1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. Focus ↗

2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet... Focus ↗

3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to...

4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? Focus ↗

5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and... Focus ↗

6 And the LORD God (Elohim) prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a sh... Focus ↗

7 But God (Elohim) prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it... Focus ↗

8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God (Elohim) prepared a vehement east wind; and th... Focus ↗

9 And God (Elohim) said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to... Focus ↗

10 Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither m... Focus ↗

11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons tha... Focus ↗

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