Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life." King James Bible Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Darby Bible Translation And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live. World English Bible Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live." Young's Literal Translation And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better is my death than my life.' Jonah 4:3 Parallel Commentary Barnes' Notes on the BibleTherefore now, O Lord, take I beseech Thee my life from me - He had rather die, than see the evil which was to come upon his country. Impatient though he was, he still cast himself upon God. By asking of God to end his life, he, at least, committed himself to the sovereign disposal of God . "Seeing that the Gentiles are, in a manner, entering in, and that those words are being fulfilled, Deuteronomy 32:21. "They have moved Me to jealousy with" that which is "not God, and I will move them to jealousy with" those which are "not a people, I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation," he despairs of the salvation of Israel, and is convulsed with great sorrow, which bursts out into words and sets forth the causes of grief, saying in a manner, 'Am I alone chosen out of so many prophets, to announce destruction to my people through the salvation of others?' He grieved not, as some think, that the multitude of nations is saved, but that Israel perishes. Whence our Lord also wept over Jerusalem. The Apostles first preached to Israel. Paul wishes to become an anathema for his Romans 9:3-5. brethren who are Israelites, whose is the adoption and the glory and the covenant, and the giving of the law and the service of God, and the promises, whose are the fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came." Jonah had discharged his office faithfully now. He had done what God commanded; God had done by him what He willed. Now, then, he prayed to be discharged. So Augustine in his last illness prayed that he might die, before the Vandals brought suffering and devastation on his country . Jonah 4:3 Parallel Commentaries Library Christian MeeknessBlessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth Matthew 5:5 We are now got to the third step leading in the way to blessedness, Christian meekness. Blessed are the meek'. See how the Spirit of God adorns the hidden man of the heart, with multiplicity of graces! The workmanship of the Holy Ghost is not only curious, but various. It makes the heart meek, pure, peaceable etc. The graces therefore are compared to needlework, which is different and various in its flowers and colours (Psalm 45:14). … Thomas Watson—The Beatitudes: An Exposition of Matthew 5:1-12 Jonah 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 my life, for I am not better than my fathers." Job 6:8 "Oh that my request might come to pass, And that God would grant my longing! Job 6:9 "Would that God were willing to crush me, That He would loose His hand and cut me off! Job 7:15 So that my soul would choose suffocation, Death rather than my pains. Job 7:16 "I waste away; I will not live forever. Leave me alone, for my days are but a breath. Ecclesiastes 7:1 A good name is better than a good ointment, And the day of one's death is better than the day of one's birth. Jeremiah 8:3 "And death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family, that remains in all the places to which I have driven them," declares the LORD of hosts. Jump to Previous Beg Beseech Better Death Die Ear Life Please Prayer SoulJump to Next Beg Beseech Better Death Die Ear Life Please Prayer SoulLinks Jonah 4:3 NIVJonah 4:3 NLT Jonah 4:3 ESV Jonah 4:3 NASB Jonah 4:3 KJV Jonah 4:3 Bible Apps Jonah 4:3 Biblia Paralela Jonah 4:3 Chinese Bible Jonah 4:3 French Bible Jonah 4:3 German Bible Jonah 4:3 Commentaries Bible Hub |