Verse 4
1 Kings 19:4
World English Bible
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But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then he requested for himself that he might die, and said, “It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הֽוּא הָלַ֤ךְ בַּ/מִּדְבָּר֙ דֶּ֣רֶךְ י֔וֹם וַ/יָּבֹ֕א וַ/יֵּ֕שֶׁב תַּ֖חַת רֹ֣תֶם אחת אֶחָ֑ד וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤ל אֶת נַפְשׁ/וֹ֙ לָ/מ֔וּת וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר רַ֗ב עַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ קַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֔/י כִּֽי לֹא ט֥וֹב אָנֹכִ֖י מֵ/אֲבֹתָֽ/י
English Translation
And he went in the wilderness a day's journey, and he came and sat under a broom tree, and he asked his soul to die, and he said, "It is enough now, O Lord; take my soul, for I am not better than my fathers."
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