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Jonah 4:3–4

bTherefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, cfor it is better for me to die than to live.” And the Lord said, d“Do you do well to be angry?”

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Jonah 4:3–4 — The New International Version (NIV)

Now, Lord, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Jonah 4:3–4 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?

Jonah 4:3–4 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Just kill me now, Lord! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”

The Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry about this?”

Jonah 4:3–4 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!”

Then the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Jonah 4:3–4 — New Century Version (NCV)

So now I ask you, Lord, please kill me. It is better for me to die than to live.”

Then the Lord said, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry?”

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

Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?

Jonah 4:3–4 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live. And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?

Jonah 4:3–4 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

So now, Lord, take my life. I’d rather be dead than alive.” 

The Lord asked, “What right do you have to be angry?” 

Jonah 4:3–4 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

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

The Lord asked, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Jonah 4:3–4 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

And now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” And the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Jonah 4:3–4 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

And so then, Yahweh, please take my life from me, because for me death is better than life!” And Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Jonah 4:3–4 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

Lord, take away my life. I’d rather die than live.”

But the Lord replied, “Do you have any right to be angry?”

Jonah 4:3–4 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

“Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

The Lord said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?”


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