Verse
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
KJV
King James Version
And
it is
grievous
unto
Jonah --
a
great
evil
--
and he is
displeased
at
it;
But
it displeased
Jonah exceedingly,
and he was
very
angry.
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 he prayed
unto the
LORD
, and said
, I pray thee, O LORD
, was
not this my saying,
when
I was yet
in my
country?
Therefore I fled
before
unto
Tarshish :
for
I knew
that thou art a gracious
God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of
great
kindness, and repentest
thee
of the
evil .
And
now, O Jehovah
, take, I pray
Thee, my soul
from me ,
for better
`
is '
my
death
than my
life
. '
Therefore
now, O LORD
, take, I beseech
thee, my life
from me ;
for it
is better
for
me
to
die
than to
live
.
And
Jehovah
saith
, `Is
doing
good
displeasing
to thee
? '
Then
said
the
LORD
, Doest
thou
well
to be
angry
?
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
Jonah went
out
of
the city, and sat
on the east side
of the city, and there made
him
a booth, and sat
under it in the shadow
, till he might
see
what would
become
of
the city.
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
.
And the
LORD
God prepared
a gourd, and made
it to come up over Jonah, that
it
might
be a shadow
over his head, to deliver
him from his grief.
So
Jonah was
exceeding
glad
of the gourd.
And
God appointeth
a worm at
the
going
up
of
the dawn
on
the morrow
, and it smiteth
the gourd ,
and
it drieth
up
.
But
God prepared
a worm when
the morning
rose
the next
day
, and it smote
the gourd that
it withered
.
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
. '
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
.
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. '
And God said
to Jonah
, Doest
thou
well
to
be
angry
for
the gourd? And he said
, I
do well
to be
angry,
even
unto death.
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,
Then
said
the
LORD
, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the
which thou hast
not laboured
, neither madest
it grow;
which came
up
in
a night, and perished
in
a night :
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 !'
And should
not I spare
Nineveh, that
great city, wherein
are more then
sixscore
thousand
persons
that
cannot
discern
between their right hand and their left hand;
and also
much cattle ?
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