Jonah 4 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Jonah's Displeasure Rebuked

Jon 4:1But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

Jon 4:2And he prayed to the LORD and said, "I pray thee, LORD, is not this what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil.

Jon 4:3

Jon 4:3Therefore now, O LORD, take my life from me, I beseech thee, for it is better for me to die than to live."

Jon 4:4

Jon 4:4And the LORD said, "Do you do well to be angry?"

Jon 4:5

Jon 4:5Then Jonah went out of the city and sat to the east of the city, and made a booth for himself there. He sat under it in the shade, till he should see what would become of the city.

Jon 4:6

Jon 4:6And the LORD God appointed a plant, and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.

Jon 4:7

Jon 4:7But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered.

Jon 4:8

Jon 4:8When the sun rose, God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he was faint; and he asked that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."

Jon 4:9

Jon 4:9But God said to Jonah, "Do you do well to be angry for the plant?" And he said, "I do well to be angry, angry enough to die."

Jon 4:10

Jon 4:10And the LORD said, "You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night, and perished in a night.

Jon 4:11

Jon 4:11And should not I pity Nin'eveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?"

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Jonah 4 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Jonah's Displeasure Rebuked

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