Numbers 11:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

If this is to be my fate, put me to death now in answer to my prayer, if I have grace in your eyes; and let me not see my shame.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 While he himself went a day's journey into the waste land, and took a seat under a broom-plant, desiring for himself only death; for he said, It is enough: now, O Lord, take away my life, for I am no better than my fathers.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life.
  • Jonah 4:8-9 : 8 Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life. 9 And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.
  • Zeph 3:15 : 15 The Lord has taken away those who were judging you, he has sent your haters far away: the King of Israel, even the Lord, is among you: you will have no more fear of evil.
  • Phil 1:20-24 : 20 In the measure of my strong hope and belief that in nothing will I be put to shame, but that without fear, as at all times, so now will Christ have glory in my body, by life or by death. 21 For to me life is Christ and death is profit. 22 But if I go on living in the flesh--if this is the fruit of my work--then I do not see what decision to make. 23 I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better: 24 Still, to go on in the flesh is more necessary because of you.
  • Jas 1:4 : 4 But let this power have its full effect, so that you may be made complete, needing nothing.
  • Job 3:20-22 : 20 Why does he give light to him who is in trouble, and life to the bitter in soul; 21 To those whose desire is for death, but it comes not; who are searching for it more than for secret wealth; 22 Who are glad with great joy, and full of delight when they come to their last resting-place;
  • Job 6:8-9 : 8 If only I might have an answer to my prayer, and God would give me my desire! 9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off! 10 So I would still have comfort, and I would have joy in the pains of death, for I have not been false to the words of the Holy One.
  • Job 7:15 : 15 So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.
  • Jer 15:18 : 18 Why is my pain unending and my wound without hope of being made well? Sorrow is mine, for you are to me as a stream offering false hope and as waters which are not certain.
  • Jer 20:18 : 18 Why did I come from my mother's body to see pain and sorrow, so that my days might be wasted with shame?
  • Exod 32:32 : 32 But now, if you will give them forgiveness--but if not, let my name be taken out of your book.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Num 11:11-14
    4 verses
    80%

    11 And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?

    12 Am I the father of all this people? have I given them birth, that you say to me, Take them in your arms, like a child at the breast, to the land which you gave by an oath to their fathers?

    13 Where am I to get flesh to give to all this people? For they are weeping to me and saying, Give us flesh for our food.

    14 I am not able by myself to take the weight of all this people, for it is more than my strength.

  • Jonah 4:3
    76%

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

  • Exod 33:12-13
    2 verses
    76%

    12 And Moses said to the Lord, See, you say to me, Be this people's guide on their journey, but you have not made clear to me whom you will send with me. But you have said, I have knowledge of you by name, and you have grace in my eyes.

    13 If then I have grace in your eyes, let me see your ways, so that I may have knowledge of you and be certain of your grace; and my prayer is that you will keep in mind that this nation is your people.

  • Exod 33:15-18
    4 verses
    75%

    15 And Moses said, If you yourself are not going with us, do not send us on from here.

    16 For is not the fact of your going with us the sign that I and this people have grace in your eyes, so that we, that is, I and your people, are separate from all other people on the face of the earth?

    17 And the Lord said to Moses, I will do as you say: for you have grace in my eyes, and I have knowledge of you by your name.

    18 And Moses said, O Lord, let me see your glory.

  • Exod 17:4
    74%

    4 And Moses, crying out to the Lord, said, What am I to do to this people? they are almost ready to put me to death by stoning.

  • Num 14:15
    74%

    15 Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,

  • Exod 32:32
    74%

    32 But now, if you will give them forgiveness--but if not, let my name be taken out of your book.

  • Exod 32:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10 Now do not get in my way, for my wrath is burning against them; I will send destruction on them, but of you I will make a great nation.

    11 But Moses made prayer to God, saying, Lord, why is your wrath burning against your people whom you took out of the land of Egypt, with great power and with the strength of your hand?

  • Num 11:16
    74%

    16 And the Lord said to Moses, Send for seventy of the responsible men of Israel, who are in your opinion men of weight and authority over the people; make them come to the Tent of meeting and be there with you.

  • Job 6:9
    74%

    9 If only he would be pleased to put an end to me; and would let loose his hand, so that I might be cut off!

  • 2 Sam 1:9
    73%

    9 Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.

  • Num 27:15
    73%

    15 Then Moses said to the Lord,

  • Exod 5:22
    73%

    22 And Moses went back to the Lord and said, Lord, why have you done evil to this people? why have you sent me?

  • Exod 34:9
    73%

    9 And he said, If now I have grace in your eyes, let the Lord go among us, for this is a stiff-necked people, and give us forgiveness for our wrongdoing and our sin, and take us for your heritage.

  • Acts 7:28
    73%

    28 Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?

  • Judg 6:17
    73%

    17 So he said to him, If now I have grace in your eyes, then give me a sign that it is you who are talking to me.

  • 1 Sam 20:8
    73%

    8 So, then, be kind to your servant; for you have been united with your servant in an agreement made before the Lord: but if there is any wrongdoing in me, put me to death yourself; why take me to your father?

  • Deut 18:16
    73%

    16 In answer to the request you made to the Lord your God in Horeb on the day of the great meeting, when you said, Let not the voice of the Lord my God come to my ears again, and let me not see this great fire any more, or death will overtake me.

  • Jer 15:1
    72%

    1 Then the Lord said to me, Even if Moses and Samuel came before me, I would have no desire for this people: send them away from before me, and let them go.

  • Jer 26:14
    72%

    14 As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion.

  • 2 Sam 15:26
    72%

    26 But if he says, I have no delight in you: then, here I am; let him do to me what seems good to him.

  • Exod 14:11
    72%

    11 And they said to Moses, Was there no resting-place for the dead in Egypt, that you have taken us away to come to our death in the waste land? why have you taken us out of Egypt?

  • Num 14:17
    72%

    17 So now, may my prayer come before you, and let the power of the Lord be great, as you said:

  • Gen 44:29
    71%

    29 If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld.

  • Num 11:23
    71%

    23 And the Lord said to Moses, Has the Lord's hand become short? Now you will see if my word comes true for you or not.

  • Exod 10:17
    71%

    17 Let me now have forgiveness for my sin this time only, and make prayer to the Lord your God that he will take away from me this death only.

  • Exod 4:13
    71%

    13 And he said, O Lord, send, if you will, by the hand of anyone whom it seems good to you to send.

  • Ps 39:13
    71%

    13 Let your wrath be turned away from me, so that I may be comforted, before I go away from here, and become nothing.

  • Deut 3:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25 Let me go over, O Lord, and see the good land on the other side of Jordan, and that fair mountain country, even Lebanon.

    26 But the Lord was angry with me because of you and would not give ear to my prayer; and the Lord said to me, Let it be enough, say no more about this thing.

  • Num 16:29
    71%

    29 If these men have the common death of men, or if the natural fate of all men overtakes them, then the Lord has not sent me.

  • Num 14:11
    71%

    11 And the Lord said to Moses, How long will this people have no respect for me? how long will they be without faith, in the face of all the signs I have done among them?

  • Num 16:13
    71%

    13 Is it not enough that you have taken us from a land flowing with milk and honey, to put us to death in the waste land, but now you are desiring to make yourself a chief over us?

  • Num 14:27
    71%

    27 How long am I to put up with this evil people and their outcries against me? The words which they say against me have come to my ears.

  • 1 Sam 20:14
    70%

    14 And may you, while I am still living, O may you be kind to me, as the Lord is kind, and keep me from death!

  • Num 17:12
    70%

    12 And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.

  • Gen 18:3
    70%

    3 And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:

  • Job 7:15
    70%

    15 So that a hard death seems better to my soul than my pains.

  • Gen 19:19
    70%

    19 See now, your servant has had grace in your eyes and great is your mercy in keeping my life from destruction, but I am not able to get as far as the mountain before evil overtakes me and death;

  • Exod 18:18
    70%

    18 Your strength and that of the people will be completely used up: this work is more than you are able to do by yourself.

  • Job 10:20
    70%

    20 Are not the days of my life small in number? Let your eyes be turned away from me, so that I may have a little pleasure,

  • 1 Kgs 18:9
    70%

    9 And he said, What sin have I done, that you would give up your servant into the hand of Ahab, and be the cause of my death?