Jonah 4:3

American Standard Version (1901)

Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

ASV Byzantine Text

Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Asang Khongca Bible

Aw Angraeng, vaihi ka hinghaih hae la halat ah; ka hing pongah loe duek hae kai han hoih kue, tiah lawk a thuih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

BOEIPA aw, kai lamkah ka hinglu te lo mai laeh. Ka dueknah he ka hingnah lakah then,” a ti.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

BOEIPA aw, kai lamkah ka hinglu te lo mai laeh. Ka dueknah he ka hingnah lakah then,” a ti.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

Ano hoi, e Iehova, ke noi aku nei au ia oe, e lawe oe i kuu ola mai o'u aku la; no ka mea, ua oi ka maikai o kuu make mamua o ke ola.

English Berean Standard Bible

And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Koulye a, Seyè, ou mèt tou touye m' fini ak sa. M' pito mouri pase pou m' viv pou m' wè bagay sa a devan je m'!

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Et nunc, Domine, tolle, quæso, animam meam a me, quia melior est mihi mors quam vita.

Bible in Basic English

So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

et maintenant, Éternel, je t’en prie, prends-moi ma vie, car mieux me vaut la mort que la vie.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Nyní tedy, ó Hospodine, vezmi, prosím, duši mou ode mne; nebo lépe jest mi umříti nežli živu býti.

Kosraean Bible

Ke ma inge, LEUM GOD, eisla moul luk. Nga fin misa, ac wo liki na nga in moul.”

World Portuguese Bible

Portanto agora, SENHOR, peço que tire a minha vida, pois é melhor para mim morrer do que viver.”

Romanian BTF Bible

De aceea acum, DOAMNE, te implor, ia viaţa de la mine, pentru că este mai bine pentru mine să mor decât să trăiesc.

Brenton English Septuagint

And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သို့​ဖြစ်​၍ အို ထာ​ဝ​ရ​ဘု​ရား၊ ယ​ခု​ပင်​လျှင် အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​အား​သေ​ရ​သော​အ​ခွင့်​ကို​ပေး တော်​မူ​ပါ။ အ​ကျွန်ုပ်​အ​တွက်​အ​သက်​ရှင် ရ​ခြင်း​ထက်​သေ​ရ​ခြင်း​က​သာ​၍​ကောင်း ပါ​၏'' ဟု​ဆု​တောင်း​လေ​၏။

Darby Translation

And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und nun, Jehova, nimm doch meine Seele von mir; denn es ist besser, daß ich sterbe, als daß ich lebe.

Dutch Bible 1917

Nu dan, HEERE! neem toch mijn ziel van mij; want het is mij beter te sterven dan te leven.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Ontneem mij nu ook maar het leven; want de dood is mij liever dan het leven.

Italian Diodati Bible

Ora dunque, Signore, togli da me, ti prego, l'anima mia ; perciocchè meglio è per me di morire che di vivere.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live.

Geneva Bible 1599

Therefore nowe O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue.

Noyes Bible

And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray thee, my life from me! for it is better for me to die than to live.

Danish Bible 1931

Så tag nu, HERRE, mit Liv; thi jeg vil hellere dø end leve.”

Leeser Tanakh

And now, O Lord, take, I pray thee, my soul from me; because it is better for me to die, than to live.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech Thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.'

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.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Hỡi Đức Giê-hô-va, vậy bây giờ, tôi nài xin Ngài hãy cất lấy sự sống tôi; vì về phần tôi, chết còn hơn sống!

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Revised West Version

Ko ia ko eni, ʻe Sihova ʻoku ou kole kiate koe toʻo ʻa ʻeku moʻui meiate au, he ʻoku lelei lahi kiate au ke u mate ʻi heʻeku moʻui.”

French Ostervald Bible

Maintenant, Éternel, prends donc ma vie; car mieux me vaut la mort que la vie!

Esperanto Bible

Nun, ho Eternulo, volu forpreni de mi mian animon; ĉar pli bone por mi estas morti, ol vivi.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Maintenant, Éternel, prends-moi donc la vie, car la mort m’est préférable à la vie.

German Luther Bible 1912

So nimm doch nun, HERR, meine Seele von mir; denn ich wollte lieber tot sein als leben.

LXX2012 U. S. English

And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

British English Septuagint 2012

And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Majority Standard BIble

And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Webster Bible

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Open English Bible (Commonwealth)

Therefore, Lord, I beg you, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live!’

Open English Bible (US)

Therefore, Lord, I beg you, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live!”

Revised Version

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Or dunque, o Eterno, ti prego, riprenditi la mia vita; perché per me val meglio morire che vivere”.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Maintenant donc, SEIGNEUR, je t'en prie, retire-moi la vie, car il vaut mieux pour moi mourir que vivre. »

Reina Valera 1909

Ahora pues, oh Jehová, ruégote que me mates; porque mejor me es la muerte que la vida.

Spanish BLL

Por eso ahora, Yahvé, te ruego que me quites la vida. ¡Es mejor para mí morir que seguir viviendo!”.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Por tanto ahora, Yahvé, te ruego que me quites la vida, porque mejor me es la muerte que la vida».

Croatian Bible

Sada, Jahve, uzmi moj život, jer mi je bolje umrijeti nego živjeti.”

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Sada Gospode, uzmi dušu moju od mene, jer mi je bolje umreti nego živeti.

German Textbibel

So nimm doch nun, Jahwe, mein Leben dahin; denn es ist besser für mich, ich sterbe, als daß ich leben bleibe!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וְעַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה קַח־נָ֥א אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖י מִמֶּ֑נִּי כִּ֛י ט֥וֹב מוֹתִ֖י מֵחַיָּֽי׃ ס

World English Bible

Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

World English Bible (Catholic)

Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

World English Bible British Edition

Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

World English Bible Classic

Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

World English Bible Updated

Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

World Messianic Bible

Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

World Messianic Bible British Edition

Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Young's Literal Translation

And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.'

SEPTUAGINTA

καὶ νῦν, δέσποτα Κύριε, λάβε τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπ᾿ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ἀποθανεῖν με μᾶλλον, ἢ ζῆν με.

Brenton Septuagint

Καὶ νῦν, δέσποτα Κύριε, λάβε τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ἀποθανεῖν με ἢ ζῇν με.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Акум, Доамне, я-мь вяца, кэч вряу май бине сэ мор декыт сэ трэеск!”

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Возьми ж у мене душу, Господи, бо лучше менї вмерти, анїж жити.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Возьми ж у мене душу, Господи, бо лучше менї вмерти, анїж жити.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Сада Господе, узми душу моју од мене, јер ми је боље умрети него живети.

Russian Synodal Bible

И ныне, Господи, возьми душу мою от меня, ибо лучше мне умереть, нежели жить.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

וְעַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה קַח־נָ֥א אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖י מִמֶּ֑נִּי כִּ֛י טֹ֥וב מֹותִ֖י מֵחַיָּֽי׃ ס

Modern Hebrew Bible

ועתה יהוה קח נא את נפשי ממני כי טוב מותי מחיי׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

فَٱلْآنَ يَارَبُّ، خُذْ نَفْسِي مِنِّي، لِأَنَّ مَوْتِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ حَيَاتِي».

Old Persion Version Bible

پس حال‌ای خداوند جانم را از من بگیر زیرا که مردن از زنده ماندن برای من بهتر است.»

Judson Burmese Bible

သို့ဖြစ်၍ ၊ အိုထာဝရဘုရား ၊ အကျွန်ုပ် အသက် ကို နှုတ်ယူ တော်မူပါ။ အကျွန်ုပ် အသက် ရှင်ခြင်းထက် သေ ခြင်း သည် သာ၍ကောင်း ပါသည်ဟု တောင်း လျှောက်လေ ၏။

Korean Bible 1910

여호와여 원컨대 이제 내 생명을 취하소서 사는 것보다 죽는 것이 내게 나음이니이다

Japanese Freedom Bible

ですから今、主よ、どうか私の命を取ってください。私には、生きるより死ぬほうがましです。」

World Chinese Bible

耶和华啊，现在求你取走我的性命吧，因为我死了比活着还好。”

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

耶和华啊，现在求你取我的命吧！因为我死了比活着还好。」

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

耶和華啊，現在求你取我的命吧！因為我死了比活着還好。」

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Agora pois, ó SENHOR, peço-te que me mates, porque é melhor para mim morrer do que viver.

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Mashi Bible

Mâshi Yâgirwa, mpêka buno, yanka guno mûka, bulya olufù lwo lukulu aha kalamo emwâni buno».

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Und nun, HERR, nimm doch meine Seele von mir; denn es ist besser, ich sterbe, als daß ich lebe!

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Así que ahora, oh Señor, escucha mi oración y quita mi vida de mí; Porque la muerte es mejor para mí que la vida.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Ahora pues, oh Yavé, te ruego que me quites la vida, porque mejor me es la muerte que la vida.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

Therefore now, Hashem, take, I beseech Thee, my nefesh from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

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