Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Jonah ,
however,
was
greatly
displeased,
and he became
angry.
And
it
is
grievous
unto
Jonah --
a
great
evil
--
and he is
displeased
at
it;
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.
and
he prayeth
unto
Jehovah
, and
he
saith
, `I
pray
Thee,
O Jehovah
, is not this
my
word
while I was in mine
own land
--
therefore
I was beforehand
to flee to
Tarshish --
that
I have
known
that Thou
`art'
a God,
gracious and merciful
, slow to anger, and
abundant
in kindness,
and
repenting
of
evil?
And now, O LORD
, please
take my life
from me, for it
is
better for
me
to
die
than to
live
. ”
And now, O Jehovah
, take ,
I
pray
Thee,
my soul
from me, for better `is'
my
death
than my
life
. '
But
the
LORD
replied
, “Have
you
any
right
to be
angry
? ”
And
Jehovah
saith
, `Is
doing
good
displeasing
to thee
? '
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.
And
Jonah goeth
forth
from
the city ,
and sitteth
on
the
east of the
city
, and
maketh
to
himself there
a booth,
and sitteth
under
it
in the
shade ,
till
that
he
seeth
what is
in
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
.
And
Jehovah
God appointeth
a gourd
, and causeth
it to
come
up over
Jonah,
to be
a
shade over his
head ,
to give
deliverance
to
him
from
his affliction
, and Jonah rejoiceth
because
of
the gourd
`with'
great
joy
.
When
dawn
came
the
next
day,
God appointed
a worm that
attacked
the plant
so
that
it withered
.
And
God appointeth
a worm at
the going
up
of
the
dawn
on
the
morrow,
and
it smiteth
the
gourd,
and
it
drieth
up
.
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
. ”
And
it
cometh
to
pass,
about
the rising of
the
sun
, that
God appointeth
a cutting
east wind, and the sun smiteth
on the
head of
Jonah,
and
he wrappeth
himself
up,
and asketh
his
soul
to die, and
saith
, `
Better `is'
my
death
than my
life
. '
Then
God asked
Jonah ,
“Have
you
any
right
to be
angry
about
the plant
? ”
“I
do,”
he replied.
“I
am
angry
enough
to die!”
And
God saith
unto
Jonah :
`Is
doing
good
displeasing
to thee,
because
of
the gourd
? '
and
he saith,
`
To do
good
is
displeasing
to
me
--
unto
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 .
And
Jehovah
saith
, `Thou
hast
had
pity
on
the gourd
, for
which thou
didst
not
labour,
neither didst
thou
nourish
it ,
which
a son
of
a
night was,
and a son
of
a
night perished,
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?”
and
I --
have
not I
pity
on
Nineveh,
the great city, in
which there
are
more than twelve
myriads
of
human
beings
, who have
not
known
between
their right hand and
their left --
and much
cattle !'
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