4:1 But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and
he was confounded.
4:2 And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words
when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tharsis;
because I knew that thou are merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and
abundant in kindness, and repentest of evil.
4:3 And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for [it is] better for me to
die than to live.
4:4 And the Lord said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved?
4:5 And Jonas went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he
made for himself there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should
perceive what would become of the city.
4:6 And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of
Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and
Jonas rejoiced with great joy for the gourd.
4:7 And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and
it withered away.
4:8 And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a
burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonas, and he fainted,
and despaired of his life, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to
live.
4:9 And God said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved for the gourd? And he
said, I am very much grieved, even to death.
4:10 And the Lord said, Thou hadst pity on the gourd, for which thou has not
suffered, neither didst thou rear it; which came up before night, and
perished before [another] night:
4:11 and shall not I spare Nineve, the great city, in which dwell more than
twelve myriads of human beings, who do not know their right hand or their
left hand; and [also] much cattle? |
4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and
he was very angry.
4:2 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.
4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is
better for me to die than to live.
4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
4:5 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.
4:6 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.
4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote
the gourd that it withered.
4:8 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.
4:9 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.
4:10 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:
4:11 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? |