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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while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He came to a broom bush,(A) sat down under it and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, Lord,” he said. “Take my life;(B) I am no better than my ancestors.”

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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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Now, Lord, take away my life,(A) for it is better for me to die(B) than to live.”(C)

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