Jonah 4:3 - Compare All Versions
Jonah 4:3 MSG (The Message)
“So, GOD, if you won’t kill them, kill me! I’m better off dead!”
Jonah 4:3 KJV (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.
Jonah 4:3 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”
Jonah 4:3 NCV (New Century Version)
So now I ask you, LORD, please kill me. It is better for me to die than to live.”
Jonah 4:3 ASV (American Standard Version)
Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Jonah 4:3 NIV (New International Version)
Now, LORD, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Jonah 4:3 NKJV (New King James Version)
Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!”
Jonah 4:3 AMP (Amplified Bible)
Therefore now, O LORD, just take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Jonah 4:3 NLT (New Living Translation)
Just kill me now, LORD! I’d rather be dead than alive if what I predicted will not happen.”
Jonah 4:3 TPT (The Passion Translation)
So now, YAHWEH, please take my life, for death seems better to me than life.”
Jonah 4:3 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”