Jonah 4:3
And now o LORDE, take my life fro me (I beseke the) for I had rather dye then lyue.
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- 1 Kgs 19:4 : 4 But he him selfe wente a daies iourney in to ye wyldernes, & came in, & sat him downe vnder a Iuniper tre, & wy?shed vnto his soule yt he mighte dye, & sayde: It is now ynough LORDE, take my soule, for I am no better then my fathers.
- Eccl 7:1 : 1 A good name is more worth then a precious oyntment, and the daye of death is better the ye daye of byrth.
- Job 6:8-9 : 8 O that I might haue my desyre: O yt God wolde graunte me the thynge, that I longe for: 9 That he wolde begynne and smyte me: that he wolde let his honde go, & hew me downe.
- Job 7:15-16 : 15 that my soule wyssheth rather to be hanged, and my bones to be deed. 16 I can se no remedy, I shall lyue nomore: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vayne
- Jer 20:14-18 : 14 Cursed be the daye, wherein I was borne: vnhappie be ye daye, where in my mother brought me forth. 15 Cursed be the man, that brought my father the tidinges, to make him glad, sayenge: thou hast gotten a sonne. 16 Let it happen vnto that man, as to the cities which ye LORDE turned vpside downe (when he had longe herde the wicked rumoure of them) 17 because he slewe me not, as soone as I came out off my mothers wombe, and because my mother was not my graue hirselff, that the byrth might not haue come out, but remayned still in her. 18 Wherfore came I forth off my mothers wombe? To haue experience of laboure and sorowe? and to lede my life with shame?
- Jonah 4:8 : 8 And when the Sone was vp God prepared a feruent east wynde: and the Sonne bete ouer the heade of Ionas, that he faynted agayne, and wy?shed vnto his soule, that he might dye, and sayde: It is better for me to dye, the to lyue.
- 1 Cor 9:15 : 15 But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Nether wryte I therof, that it shulde be done so vnto me: for I had rather dye, the that eny man shulde brynge my reioysinge to naughte.
- Phil 1:21-25 : 21 For Christ is to me life, & death is to me auautage. 22 But in as moch as to lyue in ye flesh is frutefull to me for the worke, I wote not what 23 I shal chose, for both these thinges lye harde vpon me. I desyre to be lowsed, & to be with Christ, which thinge were moch better (for me) 24 but to abyde in the flesh is more nedefull for you. 25 And this am I sure of, that I shal abyde, and contynue with you all, for the furtheraunce and ioye of youre faith,
- Job 3:20-21 : 20 Wherfore is the light geuen, to him that is in mysery? and life vnto them, that haue heuy hertes? 21 (Which longe for death, and it commeth not: for yf they might fynde their graue,
- Num 11:15 : 15 And yf thou wylt deale thus wt me: O kyll me then, yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight, that I se not my wrechednesse.
- Num 20:3 : 3 & the people chode with Moses, & sayde: Wolde God yt we had perished, whan oure brethre perished before the LORDE.
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4 But he him selfe wente a daies iourney in to ye wyldernes, & came in, & sat him downe vnder a Iuniper tre, & wy?shed vnto his soule yt he mighte dye, & sayde: It is now ynough LORDE, take my soule, for I am no better then my fathers.
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15 that my soule wyssheth rather to be hanged, and my bones to be deed.
16 I can se no remedy, I shall lyue nomore: O spare me then, for my dayes are but vayne
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4 Then sayde the LORDE: art thou so angrie?
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8 And when the Sone was vp God prepared a feruent east wynde: and the Sonne bete ouer the heade of Ionas, that he faynted agayne, and wy?shed vnto his soule, that he might dye, and sayde: It is better for me to dye, the to lyue.
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9 And he saide vnto me: Come to me, and kyll me, for anguysh hath gotten holde of me: for my life is yet whole within me.
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13 Oh spare me a litle, that I maye refresh myself, before I go hence, and be nomore sene.
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8 O that I might haue my desyre: O yt God wolde graunte me the thynge, that I longe for:
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3 The snares of death copased me rounde aboute, the paynes of hell gat holde vpon me,
4 I founde trouble and heuynesse. Then called I vpon ye name of the LORDE: o LORDE, delyuer my soule.
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14 Wherfore they cried vnto the LORDE, and sayde: O LORDE, let vs not perish for this mans death, nether laye thou innocent bloude vnto oure charge: for thou (o LORDE) hast done, euen as thy pleasure was.
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14 Wherfore do I beare my flesh in my teth, and my soule in myne hondes?
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1 it greueth my soule to lyue. Neuerthelesse, now will I put forth my wordes: I wil speake out of the very heuynesse off my soule,
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15 What shal I speake or say, ethat he maye this doo? yt I maye lyue out all my yeares, yee in the bytternesse of my life?
16 Verely (LORDE,) men must lyue in bytternesse, & all my life must I passe ouer therin: For thou raysest me vp, and wakest me. But lo, I wilbe wel content with this bytternes.
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4 Therfore is my sprete vexed within me, and my herte within me is desolate.
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4 Fearfullnesse and tremblinge are come vpon me, and an horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me.
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18 Wherfore hast thou brought me out of my mothers wombe? O that I had perished, & that no eye had sene me.
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3 I am couted as one of the that go downe vnto the pytte, I am eue as a ma that hath no stregth.
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13 O that thou woldest kepe me, and hyde me in the hell, vntill thy wrath were stilled: & to appoynte me a tyme, wherin thou mightest remembre me.
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23 Sure I am, yt thou wilt delyuer me vnto death: where as a lodgyng is prepared for all me
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4 My hert was hote within me, & whyle I was thus musynge, the fyre kyndled: so that I spake with my tonge.
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13 O LORDE, let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me, make haist (o LORDE) to helpe me. Let them be ashamed and cofounded, that seke after my soule, to destroie it: let them fall backwarde and be put to confucion, that wysh me euell.
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3 Considre, ad heare me, o LORDE my God: lighten myne eyes, that I slepe not in death.
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10 I thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hell in my best age, and haue wanted the residue of my yeares.
11 I spake within my self: I shal neuer viset the LORDE God in this life: I shal neuer se man, amonge the dwellers of the worlde
12 Myne age is folden vp together and taken awaye fro me, like a sheperdes cotage: my lyfe is hewen of, like as a weeuer cutteth of his webb. Whyl I was yet takinge my rest, he hewed me of, & made an ende of me in one daie.
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21 Why doest thou not forgeue me my synne? Wherfore takest thou not awaye my wickednesse? Beholde, now must I slepe in the dust: and yff thou sekest me tomorow in the mornynge, I shalbe gone.
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12 he answered them: Take me, and cast me in to the see, so shal it let you be in rest: for I wote, it is for my sake, that this greate tempest is come vpon you.
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5 Cosidre my complaynte, for I am brought very lowe.
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18 I thought in my self: I am vndone, there is no hope for me in the LORDE.
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20 And therfore heare now, o my lorde the kynge: let my prayer be accepte before the, & sende me nomore in to ye house of Ionathas the scrybe, that I dye not there.
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10 I kepe sylece, and open not my mouth, for thou hast done it. Turne thy plages awaye fro me, for I am cosumed thorow the feare of thy hade.