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| [1]But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded. |
[1]But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. |
| [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. |
[2]And he prayed to 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 to Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest of the evil. |
| [3]And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. |
[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]And the Lord said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved? |
[4]Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? |
| [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. |
[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 shade, till he might see what would become of the city. |
| [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. |
[6]And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. |
| [7]And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away. |
[7]But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. |
| [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. |
[8]And it came to pass, when the sun rose 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. |
| [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. |
[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 to death. |
| [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: |
[10]Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: |
| [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? |
[11]And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many cattle? |