Jonah 4:3
Jonah · Old Testament · Chapter 4
“Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”Jonah 4:3
What Does Jonah 4:3 Mean?
Jonah 4:3 is found in the book of Jonah, chapter 4, verse 3 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Jonah 4:3 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
1 Kings 19:4“But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.”Ecclesiastes 7:1“A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one’s birth.”Numbers 11:15“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.”Jeremiah 20:14“Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.”Exodus 14:12“Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.”Numbers 20:3“And the people chode with Moses, and spake, saying, Would God that we had died when our brethren died before the LORD!”Jonah 4:8“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.”Job 3:20“Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;”Job 6:8“Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!”Job 6:9“Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!”Job 7:15“So that my soul chooseth strangling, and death rather than my life.”1 Corinthians 9:15“But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that it should be so done unto me: for it were better for me to die, than that any man should make my glorying void.”Philippians 1:21“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”Numbers 14:2“And all the children of Israel murmured against Moses and against Aaron: and the whole congregation said unto them, Would God that we had died in the land of Egypt! or would God we had died in this wilderness!”Job 3:21“Which long for death, but it cometh not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures;”Jeremiah 8:3“And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.”Job 7:16“I loathe it; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days are vanity.”Job 10:1“My soul is weary of my life; I will leave my complaint upon myself; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.”Ecclesiastes 2:17“Therefore I hated life; because the work that is wrought under the sun is grievous unto me: for all is vanity and vexation of spirit.”Isaiah 15:4“And Heshbon shall cry, and Elealeh: their voice shall be heard even unto Jahaz: therefore the armed soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his life shall be grievous unto him.”
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