• Jonah 4:8
    The Bible in Living English

    • 8** and when the sun rose God prepared a scorching east wind, and the sun struck on Jonah’s head, and he collapsed and asked for death and said “it is better I should die than live.”

  • Jonah 4:8
    American Standard Version

    • 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.

  • Jonah 4:8
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 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.

  • Jonah 4:8
    King James Version

    • 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.