Jonah 4:8
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8 When the sun rose, God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat down on the head of Jonah so that he was faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
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Jonah 4:8
New International Version
8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die,(A) and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”
Jonah 4:8
King James Version
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.
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1 Kings 19:4
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4 But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a solitary broom tree. He asked that he might die, “It is enough; now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors.”(A)
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1 Kings 19:4
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4 while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush,(A) sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life;(B) I am no better than my ancestors.”
1 Kings 19:4
King James Version
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.
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Job 7:15
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15 so that I would choose strangling
and death rather than this body.
Job 7:15
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Job 7:15
King James Version
15 So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.
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Job 7:16
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16 I loathe my life; I would not live forever.
Let me alone, for my days are a breath.(A)
Job 7:16
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Job 7:16
King James Version
16 I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.
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