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KJV Lexicon Therefore now O LORDYhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord. take laqach (law-kakh') to take (in the widest variety of applications) I beseech thee my life nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) from me for it is better towb (tobe) good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun for me to die maveth (maw'-veth) death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d). than to live chay (khah'-ee) age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible "Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life." King James Bible Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Holman Christian Standard Bible And now, LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live." International Standard Version Therefore, LORD, please kill me, because it's better for me to die than to live!" NET Bible So now, LORD, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!" GOD'S WORD® Translation So now, LORD, take my life. I'd rather be dead than alive." King James 2000 Bible Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Links Jonah 4:3Jonah 4:3 NIV Jonah 4:3 NLT Jonah 4:3 ESV Jonah 4:3 NASB Jonah 4:3 KJV |
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