Jonah 4 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Jonah’s Anger

But this was a great^H1419 evil^H7489 to Jonah^H3124, and he became^H2734 angry^H2734.

Jon 4:2And he prayed to Yahweh and said, “Ah! O Yahweh, was not this my word to myself while I was still in my own land? Therefore I went ahead to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning evil.

Jon 4:3

Jon 4:3“So now, O Yahweh, please take my [fn]life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

Jon 4:4

Jon 4:4And Yahweh said, “Do you have good reason to be angry?”

Jon 4:5

Then Jonah^H3124 went^H3318 out^H3318 from the city^H5892 and sat^H3427 east^H6924 of the city. And there^H8033 he made^H6213 a booth^H5521 for himself and sat^H3427 under^H8478 it in the shade^H6738 until^H5704^H834 he could see^H7200 what^H4100 would happen^H1961 in the city^H5892.

Jon 4:6

Jon 4:6So Yahweh God appointed a [fn]plant, and it came up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his miserable evil. And Jonah was [fn]extremely glad about the plant.

Jon 4:7

Jon 4:7But God appointed a worm at the [fn]breaking of dawn the next day, and it struck the plant, and [fn]it dried up.

Jon 4:8

Jon 4:8Then it happened that as the sun rose up, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun struck down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint and asked with all his soul to die and said, “Death is better to me than life.”

Jon 4:9

Then God^H430 said^H559 to Jonah^H3124, “Do you have^H3190 good^H3190 reason^H3190 to be^H2734 angry^H2734 about^H5921 the plant^H7021?” And he said^H559, “I have^H3190 good^H3190 reason^H3190 to be^H2734 angry^H2734, even to death^H4194.”

Jon 4:10

Jon 4:10Then Yahweh said, “You had pity on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which [fn]came to be overnight and perished [fn]overnight.

Jon 4:11

Jon 4:11“So should I not have pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many [fn]animals?”