Numbers 11:15
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But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech thee to kill me, and let me find grace in thy eyes, that I be not afflicted with so great evils.

kill me

1 Kings 19:4 And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.

Job 3:20-22 Why is light given to him that is in misery, and life to them that are in bitterness of soul? . . .

Job 6:8-10 Who will grant that my request may come: and that God may give me what I look for? . . .

Job 7:15 So that my soul rather chooseth hanging, and my bones death.

Jonah 4:3,8,9 And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil. . . .

Philippians 1:20-24 According to my expectation and hope; that in nothing I shall be confounded: but with all confidence, as always, so now also, shall Christ be magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. . . .

James 1:4 And patience hath a perfect work: that you may be perfect and entire, failing in nothing.

let me not

Jeremiah 15:18 Why is my sorrow become perpetual, and my wound desperate so as to refuse to be healed? it is become to me as the falsehood of deceitful waters that cannot be trusted.

Jeremiah 20:18 Why came I out of the womb, to see labour and sorrow, and that my days should be spent in confusion?

Zephaniah 3:15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgment, he hath turned away thy enemies: the king of Israel, the Lord, is in the midst of thee, thou shalt fear evil no more.

my wretchedness.

Context
The Complaint of Moses
14I am not able alone to bear all this people, because it is too heavy for me. 15But if it seem unto thee otherwise, I beseech thee to kill me, and let me find grace in thy eyes, that I be not afflicted with so great evils.
Cross References
Exodus 32:32
Or if thou do not, strike me out of the book that thou hast written.

1 Kings 19:4
And he went forward, one day's journey into the desert. And when he was there, and sat under a juniper tree, he requested for his soul that he might die, and said: It is enough for me, Lord; take away my soul: for I am no better than my fathers.

Job 6:9
And that he that hath begun may destroy me, that he may let loose his hand, and cut me off?

Lexicon
If
וְאִם־ (wə·’im-)
Conjunctive waw | Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

this is how
כָּ֣כָה ׀ (kā·ḵāh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3602: Just so

You
אַתְּ־ (’at-)
Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

are going to treat
עֹ֣שֶׂה (‘ō·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

me,
לִּ֗י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

please
נָא֙ (nā)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 4994: I pray', 'now', 'then'

kill me right now—
הָרֹ֔ג (hā·rōḡ)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 2026: To smite with deadly intent

if
אִם־ (’im-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not

I have found
מָצָ֥אתִי (mā·ṣā·ṯî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

favor
חֵ֖ן (ḥên)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2580: Graciousness, subjective, objective

in Your eyes—
בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ (bə·‘ê·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-b | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5869: An eye, a fountain

and let me not
וְאַל־ (wə·’al-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

see
אֶרְאֶ֖ה (’er·’eh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

my own wretchedness.”
בְּרָעָתִֽי׃ (bə·rā·‘ā·ṯî)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil


Additional Translations
If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”And if you deal thus with me, kill me, I pray you, out of hand, if I have found favor in your sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

And if thou doest thus to me, slay me utterly, if I have found favour with thee, that I may not see my affliction.

And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.

And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favour in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

And if thou dealest thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.

If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don't let me see my wretchedness."

and if thus Thou art doing to me -- slay me, I pray Thee; slay, if I have found grace in thine eyes, and let me not look on mine affliction.'
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