Jonah 4:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

Jonah 4:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jonah 4:3 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jonah 4:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.””

Jonah 4:3 — World English Bible

Jonah 4:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

Jonah 4:3 — American Standard Version

Jonah 4:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better <FI>is<Fi> my death than my life.'”

Jonah 4:3 — Young's Literal Translation

Jonah 4:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live. ”

Jonah 4:3 — Darby Translation

Jonah 4:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“Therefore nowe O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue.”

Jonah 4:3 — Geneva Bible

Jonah 4:3 in Context — Jonah 4

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, Doest thou well to be angry?

5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

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What Does Jonah 4:3 Mean?

Jonah 4:3 is a verse from the Book of Jonah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jonah chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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