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Parallel YNA 4:3

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OET (OET-RV)So therefore Yahweh, please kill me because I’d rather die than live like this.”

OET-LVAnd_now Oh_YHWH take please DOM life_my from_me if/because [is]_good die_me than_live_me.

UHBוְ⁠עַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה קַח־נָ֥א אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖⁠י מִמֶּ֑⁠נִּי כִּ֛י ט֥וֹב מוֹתִ֖⁠י מֵ⁠חַיָּֽ⁠י׃ס
   (və⁠ˊattāh yhwh qaḩ-nāʼ ʼet-nafshi⁠y mimme⁠nnī kiy ţōⱱ mōti⁠y mē⁠ḩayyā⁠y)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULTSo now, Yahweh, I beg you, take my life from me, for my death is better than my life.”

USTSo now, Yahweh, please kill me, because I would rather die than continue to live, if you do not destroy Nineveh.”


BSBAnd now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

OEBTherefore, Lord, I beg you, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live!’

WEBTherefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

WMBTherefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

NETSo now, Lord, kill me instead, because I would rather die than live!”

LSVAnd now, O YHWH, please take my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.”

FBVSo just kill me now, Lord, because I'd prefer to die than to live!”

T4TSo now, O Yahweh, since you will not destroy Nineveh city as you said you would, allow me to die, because it would be better for me to die than to continue to live.”

LEBAnd so then, Yahweh, please take my life from me, because for me death is better than life!”

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

MOFNo MOF YNA (JNA) book available

JPSTherefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech Thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.'

ASVTherefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

DRAAnd now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live.

YLTAnd now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.'

DBYAnd now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.

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

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

KJB-1769Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
   (Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech/implore thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. )

KJB-1611Therefore now, O LORD, Take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die then to liue.
   (Therefore now, O LORD, Take, I beseech/implore thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die then to liue.)

BBAnd nowe O Lorde, take I beseche thee my lyfe from me: for it is better for me to dye, then to lyue.
   (And now O Lord, take I beseche thee my life from me: for it is better for me to dye, then to lyue.)

GNVTherefore nowe O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue.
   (Therefore now O Lord, take, I beseech/implore thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue. )

CBAnd now o LORDE, take my life fro me (I beseke the) for I had rather dye then lyue.
   (And now o LORD, take my life from me (I beseke the) for I had rather dye then lyue.)

WYCAnd now, Lord, Y preie, take my soule fro me; for deth is betere to me than lijf.
   (And now, Lord, I preie, take my soule from me; for death is better to me than life.)

LUTSo nimm doch nun, HErr, meine SeeLE von mir; denn ich wollte lieber tot sein denn leben!
   (So nimm though/but nun, HErr, my SeeLE from to_me; because I wanted dear tot his because life!)

CLVEt nunc, Domine, tolle, quæso, animam meam a me, quia melior est mihi mors quam vita.
   (And nunc, Domine, tolle, quæso, animam meam a me, because melior it_is to_me mors how vita. )

BRNAnd now, [fn]Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.


4:3 Gr. sovereign Lord.

BrLXXΚαὶ νῦν, δέσποτα Κύριε, λάβε τὴν ψυχήν μου ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ, ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ἀποθανεῖν με ἢ ζῇν με.
   (Kai nun, despota Kurie, labe taʸn psuⱪaʸn mou apʼ emou, hoti kalon to apothanein me aʸ zaʸn me. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

4:1-7 The account takes an unexpected turn. Jonah, himself a recipient of God’s mercy, complains about the mercy that the Lord has dispensed to the Assyrians. The prophet’s insolence only magnifies God’s grace (see 4:8-11 for God’s response).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

קַח־נָ֥א אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֖⁠י מִמֶּ֑⁠נִּי

take now DOM life,my from,me

The implication is that Jonah wanted to die because God will not punish his former enemies. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “since you will not destroy Nineveh as you said you would, please allow me to die”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

כִּ֛י ט֥וֹב מוֹתִ֖⁠י מֵ⁠חַיָּֽ⁠י

that/for/because/then/when good die,me than,live,me

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of death and life, you could express the same ideas in other ways. Alternate translation: “for I would prefer to die rather than to live” or “because I want to die. I do not want to live”

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