Jonah 4:8

WEB

⁸When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

KJV

⁸And 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.

BSB

⁸As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

FBV

⁸Then as the sun came up the Lord arranged for a scorching east wind to blow, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and wanted to die. “I'd rather die than live!” he said.

Extra References

Psalms 121:6

⁶The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night.

Jonah 4:3

³Therefore now, LORD, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Ezekiel 19:12

¹²But it was plucked up in fury. It was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong branches were broken off and withered. The fire consumed them.

Revelation 7:16

¹⁶They will never be hungry or thirsty any more. The sun won’t beat on them, nor any heat;

Revelation 3:19

¹⁹As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.

Isaiah 49:10

¹⁰They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them, for he who has mercy on them will lead them. He will guide them by springs of water.

Jonah 1:4

⁴But the LORD sent out a great wind on the sea, and there was a mighty storm on the sea, so that the ship was likely to break up.

2 Samuel 15:25-26

²⁵The king said to Zadok, “Carry God’s ark back into the city. If I find favor in the LORD’s eyes, he will bring me again, and show me both it and his habitation; ²⁶but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you,’ behold, here I am. Let him do to me as seems good to him.”

1 Samuel 3:18

¹⁸Samuel told him every bit, and hid nothing from him. He said, “It is the LORD. Let him do what seems good to him.”

Psalms 39:9

⁹I was mute. I didn’t open my mouth, because you did it.