Jonah 4:8
As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Note vehement: or, silent
When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- that God
- Jonah 4:6, 7; Jonah 1:4, 17; Ezekiel 19:12; Revelation 3:19
- vehement
- or, silent. and the sun.
- Psalm 121:6; Song of Songs 1:6; Isaiah 49:10; Revelation 7:16
- and wished
- Jonah 4:3; Leviticus 10:3; 1 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 15:25, 26; Job 2:10; Psalm 39:9