Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
WEB
World English Bible
Jonah,
however,
was
greatly
displeased, and he became
angry.
But
it
displeased Jonah
exceedingly
, and he was
angry.
So
he prayed to the
LORD
, saying
, “O
LORD
, is
this not
what I said while
I was still in my own country? This
is
why
I was
so
quick
to flee toward
Tarshish .
I knew that You are a gracious and
compassionate
God, slow to anger, abounding
in loving devotion—One
who
relents
from
sending
disaster
.
He prayed to Yahweh
, and
said
, "Please
, Yahweh,
wasn't
this what I said when
I was still in my own country? Therefore
I hurried
to flee to
Tarshish ,
for
I knew that you are a gracious God, and
merciful,
slow to anger, and
abundant
in loving kindness,
and
you
repent
of
the
evil
.
And
now, O
LORD
, please
take my life from me ,
for it is better for me to die than to live. ”
Therefore
now, Yahweh
, take ,
I
beg
you,
my life from me ;
for it is better for me to die than to live. "
But
the
LORD
replied
, “Have
you
any
right to be angry? ”
Yahweh
said
, "Is
it
right for
you
to be angry? "
Then Jonah left
the city and sat down
east of it
, where
he
made himself a shelter
and sat in its
shade to
see what would happen
to
the city.
Then Jonah went
out
of
the city ,
and sat on
the
east side
of the
city
, and
there
made himself a booth,
and sat under
it
in the
shade ,
until
he
might
see what would become
of
the city.
So
the
LORD
God appointed
a vine, and it grew
up
to provide
shade over Jonah’s
head to ease
his discomfort ,
and
Jonah was greatly
pleased
with
the plant
.
Yahweh
God prepared
a vine, and made
it to come
up
over
Jonah,
that
it
might
be
a
shade over his
head ,
to deliver
him
from
his discomfort .
So
Jonah was exceedingly
glad
because
of
the vine
.
When
dawn came
the next day, God
appointed
a
worm
that
attacked
the plant
so that it withered.
But
God
prepared
a
worm
at
dawn the next day, and
it
chewed
on
the vine,
so that it withered.
As
the sun was
rising
, God appointed
a scorching
east wind ,
and the sun beat down
on Jonah’s
head so that he grew
faint
and wished
to
die, saying
, “
It is better for me to die than to live. ”
It
happened,
when
the sun arose
, that
God prepared
a sultry
east wind ;
and the sun beat on Jonah's
head ,
so that he fainted,
and requested
for
himself
that
he
might
die, and
said
, "
It is better for me to die than to live. "
Then
God asked
Jonah, “Have
you
any
right to be angry about the plant
? ”
“I
do,”
he replied.
“
I am angry enough
to die!”
God said
to
Jonah, "Is
it
right for
you
to be angry about the vine
? "
He said,
"
I am right
to
be
angry ,
even
to death."
But
the
LORD
said, “
You cared
about
the plant
, which you neither tended
nor
made grow.
It sprang
up in a night and perished in a night.
Yahweh
said, "
You have
been
concerned
for
the vine
, for
which you have
not
labored,
neither made it grow;
which
came
up in a night ,
and perished in a night.
So
should
I not
care
about
the
great city of
Nineveh
, which has
more than 120,000
people
who cannot
tell
their right hand from
their left ,
and many
cattle as
well
? ”
Shouldn't
I be
concerned
for
Nineveh,
that
great city, in
which are
more than one
hundred
twenty
thousand
persons
who can't
discern
between
their right hand and
their left hand;
and also
much
cattle? "
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible and World English Bible. Public domain; source text distributed by BSB Publishing, LLC.; Public domain; “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org..