Numbers 11:15

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¹³ Whence should I have flesh to give unto all this people? for they weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, that we may eat.

¹⁴ I am not able to bear all this people alone, because it is too heavy for me.

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.

¹⁶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.

¹⁷ And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: If this is how You are going to treat me, please kill me right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and let me not see my own wretchedness.”
KJV: 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.
WEB: If you treat me this way, please kill me right now, if I have found favor in your sight; and don’t let me see my wretchedness.”
ASV: And if thou deal thus with me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if I have found favor in thy sight; and let me not see my wretchedness.
DARBY: And if thou deal thus with me, slay me, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, that I may not behold my wretchedness.
BLB: And if You treat me like this, kill me, please, right now—if I have found favor in Your eyes—and do not let me see my wretchedness.”

ÅB: Vil du gjøre slik mot meg, så drep meg heller med én gang, dersom jeg har funnet nåde for dine øyne, og la meg slippe å se min ulykke!
OTB: Hvis dette er slik du vil behandle meg, vennligst drep meg nå—hvis jeg har funnet nåde i dine øyne—og la meg ikke se min egen undergang.”
B1930: Vil du gjøre således mot mig, så drep mig heller med én gang, dersom jeg har funnet nåde for dine øine, og la mig slippe å se min ulykke!

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.
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1 Kings 19:4
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.
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Philippians 1:20–24
According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.
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Jonah 4:8–9
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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Jeremiah 20:18
Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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Zephaniah 3:15
The LORD hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast out thine enemy: the king of Israel, even the LORD, is in the midst of thee: thou shalt not see evil any more.
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Exodus 32:32
Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin—; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
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Job 6:8–10
Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for!
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