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. {for himself: Heb. for his life}

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

Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction. {with...: or, for silver}

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. {vehement: or, silent}

So that my soul chooseth strangling, {and} death rather than my life. {life: Heb. bones}

O that thou wouldest hide me in the grave, that thou wouldest keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!

And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them.

I am not able to bear all this people alone, because {it is} too heavy for me.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter {in} soul;

Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.

I loathe {it}; I would not live alway: let me alone; for my days {are} vanity.

Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter {in} soul;

Do ye imagine to reprove words, and the speeches of one that is desperate, {which are} as wind?

How long wilt thou speak these {things}? and {how long shall} the words of thy mouth {be like} a strong wind?

Hold your peace, let me alone, that I may speak, and let come on me what {will}. {Hold...: Heb. Be silent from me}

Because I was not cut off before the darkness, {neither} hath he covered the darkness from my face.

Thou art become cruel to me: with thy strong hand thou opposest thyself against me. {become...: Heb. turned to be cruel} {thy...: Heb. the strength of thy hand}

Desire not the night, when people are cut off in their place.

Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand. {from: or, by}

And Asa and the people that {were} with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil. {destroyed: Heb. broken}

Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day {even} to night wilt thou make an end of me. {with...: or, from the thrum}