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Jonah 4:3

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

Jonah 4:3 WEB

Jonah 4:3 in the King James Version

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

Context

2 He prayed to the LORD, and said, “Please, LORD, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.

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

4 The LORD said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

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