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Jon 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. {vehement: or, silent}

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ParallelJon 4:3

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

ParallelPsa 121:6

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

ParallelEze 19:12

But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.

ParallelRev 7:16

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

ParallelRev 3:19

As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

ParallelIsa 49:10

They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

ParallelLev 10:3

Then Moses said unto Aaron, This {is it} that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

ParallelJon 1:17

Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights. {belly: Heb. bowels}

ParallelJon 4:6

And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made {it} to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. {gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajon} {was...: Heb. rejoiced with great joy}

ParallelJob 2:10

But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not Job sin with his lips.

Parallel2Sa 15:25

And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me {both} it, and his habitation:

Parallel1Sa 3:18

And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It {is} the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. {every...: Heb. all the things, or, words}

ParallelPsa 39:9

I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst {it}.

ParallelSng 1:6

Look not upon me, because I {am} black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; {but} mine own vineyard have I not kept.

ParallelJon 1:4

But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken. {sent out: Heb. cast forth} {was like...: Heb. thought to be broken}

ParallelPsa 121:6

The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

Parallel1Ki 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. {for himself: Heb. for his life}

ParallelRev 16:8

And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire.

ParallelJon 4:3

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

ParallelJob 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. {weary...: or, cut off while I live}

ParallelNum 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.

ParallelMrk 4:6

But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

ParallelExo 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.

ParallelJob 6:9

Even that it would please God to destroy me; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!

ParallelJob 38:24

By what way is the light parted, {which} scattereth the east wind upon the earth?

ParallelNum 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!

ParallelJob 3:21

Which long for death, but it {cometh} not; and dig for it more than for hid treasures; {long: Heb. wait}

ParallelJob 7:16

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

ParallelEcc 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.

ParallelJer 51:16

When he uttereth {his} voice, {there is} a multitude of waters in the heavens; and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth: he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. {multitude: or, noise}

ParallelLam 3:39

Wherefore doth a living man complain, a man for the punishment of his sins? {complain: or, murmur}

ParallelIsa 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.

ParallelMat 20:12

Saying, These last have wrought {but} one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. {have wrought...: or, have continued one hour only}

ParallelExo 10:13

And Moses stretched forth his rod over the land of Egypt, and the LORD brought an east wind upon the land all that day, and all {that} night; {and} when it was morning, the east wind brought the locusts.

ParallelRev 7:16

They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

ParallelExo 16:3

And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, {and} when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.