Jonah 4:3 · 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
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.
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? {Doest...: or, Art thou greatly angry?}
Jonah 4 — Context
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
2And 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.
3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for {it is} better for me to die than to live.
4Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? {Doest...: or, Art thou greatly angry?}
5So 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.
Cross References
1 Kings 19:4
But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I {am} not better than my fathers. {for himself: Heb. for his life}
Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name {is} better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
Jeremiah 20:14-18
Cursed {be} the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Numbers 11:15
And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
Numbers 20:3
And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!
Jonah 4:8
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, {It is} better for me to die than to live. {vehement: or, silent}
Job 3:20-21
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter {in} soul;
Philippians 1:21-25
For to me to live {is} Christ, and to die {is} gain.