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Jonah 4:3 Cross-References
Explore 11 cross-references for Jonah 4:3 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jonah chapter 4 verse 3 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jonah 4:3
Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. After witnessing Nineveh's repentance and God's mercy, Jonah responds not with joy but death wish. The Hebrew ve-attah YHWH qach-na nafshi mimmeni ki tov moti mechayai (וְעַתָּה יְהוָה קַח־נָא נַפְשִׁי מִמֶּנִּי כִּי־טוֹב מוֹתִי מֵחַיָּי) reveals profound spiritual disorder. The phrase "it is better for me to die" (tov moti mechayai) echoes 1 Kings 19:4 where Elijah, also running from God's purposes, requests death. But Elijah fled persecution; Jonah flees success—Nineveh repented!"Take m...
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Cross-References for Jonah 4:3
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“and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die”
“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.”
“please kill me out of hand”
“Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.”
“and spoke”
“when the sun arose”
“death rather than my bones.”
“and I don't write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die”