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Jonah 4:8New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
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8 And it came about that, as soon as the sun shone forth, God* also went on to appoint a parching east wind,+ and the sun kept striking upon the head of Joʹnah, so that he was swooning away;+ and he kept asking that his soul* might die, and he repeatedly said: “My dying off is better than my being alive.”*+
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Jonah 4:8American Standard Version
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8 And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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Jonah 4:8The Emphasized Bible
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8 And it came to pass at the breaking forth of the sun that God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun smote upon the head of Jonah that he became faint,—and asked his life that he might die, and said, It were better for me to die than to live.
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Jonah 4:8King James Version
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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.
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