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Jonah 4

Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB

1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

2 And he prayed unto the LORD and said, I pray thee, O LORD, <em>was</em> this not what I said when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hastened to flee unto Tarshish, for I knew that thou <em>art</em> a gracious God and full of compassion, slow to anger, and of great mercy, and dost repent when thou art come to take punishment.

3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for I would rather die than live.

4 Then the LORD said, Art thou so angry?

5 And Jonah went out of the city and sat towards the east side of the city, and there made him a booth and sat under it in the shade until he might see what would become of the city.

6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd and made <em>it</em> to come up over Jonah that it might be a shadow over his head to deliver him from his evil. So Jonah was exceeding glad for the gourd.

7 But God <em>also</em> prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd <em>so</em> that it withered.

8 And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah that he fainted and wished in his soul to die and said, <em>It</em> is better for me to die than to live.

9 And God said to Jonah, Art thou so angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, <em>even</em> unto death.

10 Then the LORD said, Thou hast had pity on the gourd for which thou hast not laboured, neither didst <em>thou</em> make it grow; which came up in a night and perished in a night:

11 And shall I not spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and many animals?

New International Version NIV

1 But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.

2 He prayed to the LORD, “Isn’t this what I said, LORD, when I was still at home? That is what I tried to forestall by fleeing to Tarshish. I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity.

3 Now, LORD, take away my life, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

4 But the LORD replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

5 Jonah had gone out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city.

6 Then the LORD God provided a leafy plant and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the plant.

7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.

8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”

9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” “It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”

10 But the LORD said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight.

11 And should I not have concern for the great city of Nineveh, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”