1 Kings 19:4
2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time.
3 And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
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.
5 And as he lay and slept under a juniper tree, behold, then an angel touched him, and said unto him, Arise and eat.
6 And he looked, and, behold, there was a cake baken on the coals, and a cruse of water at his head. And he did eat and drink, and laid him down again.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- while he himself traveled on a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- But he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree. Then 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.”
- ASV
- 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 Jehovah, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
- DARBY
- And he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a certain broom-bush, and requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough: now, Jehovah, take my life; for I am not better than my fathers.
- BLB
- And he went into the wilderness a journey of a day, and he came and sat down under a certain broom tree, and he prayed for himself that he might die, and he said, “Enough now, YHWH, take my life; for I [am] no better than my fathers.”
- ÅB
- og selv gikk han en dagsreise ut i ørkenen; der satte han seg under en gyvelbusk, og han ønsket seg døden og sa: Det er nok; ta nå mitt liv, Herre! For jeg er ikke bedre enn mine fedre.
- OTB
- Men han selv gikk en dagsreise inn i ørkenen, og kom og satte seg under en gyvelbusk; og han ba om å få dø, og sa, "Det er nok! Nå, Herre, ta mitt liv, for jeg er ikke bedre enn mine fedre."
- B1930
- og selv gikk han en dagsreise ut i ørkenen; der satte han sig under en gyvelbusk, og han ønsket sig døden og sa: Det er nok; ta nu mitt liv, Herre! For jeg er ikke bedre enn mine fedre.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jonah 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.
Read in contextNumbers 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.
Read in contextJonah 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.
Read in contextJeremiah 20:14–18
Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
Read in contextPhilippians 1:21–24
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Read in context1 Kings 13:14
And went after the man of God, and found him sitting under an oak: and he said unto him, Art thou the man of God that camest from Judah? And he said, I am.
Read in context1 Kings 19:3
And when he saw that, he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there.
Read in context2 Kings 2:11
And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
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