Jonah 4 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Jonah is not in PT1904.
1 But this really upset Jonah, and he became very angry.
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2 He prayed to the Lord and told him, “Lord, wasn't this what I said when I was back home? That's why I ran away to Tarshish in the first place! For I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, very patient and full of kindhearted love, who relents from sending disaster.
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3 So just kill me now, Lord, because I'd prefer to die than to live!”
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4 The Lord responded, “Do you have a good reason to be so angry?”
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5 Jonah left the city and sat down to the east of it. There he made himself a shelter so he could sit in the shade and watch what would happen to the city.
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6 The Lord God had a plant grow up and provide shade over Jonah's head to ease his discomfort. Jonah was very happy with the plant.
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7 The next day at dawn the Lord had a maggot attack the plant and it withered.
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8 Then as the sun came up the Lord arranged for a scorching east wind to blow, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and wanted to die. “I'd rather die than live!” he said.
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9 But the Lord asked Jonah, “Do you have a good reason to be so angry about the plant?” “Yes I do!” Jonah replied. “I'm angry enough to die!”
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10 Then the Lord told Jonah, “You're concerned about a plant which you did nothing about, and you didn't make it grow. It came up overnight and died overnight.
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11 Shouldn't I be concerned about the great city of Nineveh where one hundred and twenty thousand people live who don't know their right hand from their left, not to mention all the animals?”
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Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jonah 4:9; Luke 15:28; Matthew 20:15; Jonah 4:4; Luke 7:39
- 2 Psalm 86:15; Exodus 34:6–7; Numbers 14:18–19; Joel 2:13–14; Psalm 145:8
- 3 1 Kings 19:4; Ecclesiastes 7:1; Jeremiah 20:14–18; Numbers 11:15; Numbers 20:3
- 4 Matthew 20:15; Jonah 4:9; Psalm 106:32–33; Micah 6:3; James 1:19–20
- 5 1 Kings 19:9; Isaiah 57:17; 1 Kings 19:13; Jeremiah 17:15–16; Genesis 19:27–28
- 6 Psalm 103:10–14; Esther 5:9; Luke 10:20; 1 Corinthians 7:30; Jonah 1:17
- 7 Joel 1:12; Psalm 90:5–6; Isaiah 40:6–8; Job 1:21; Psalm 102:10
- 8 Psalm 121:6; Jonah 4:3; Ezekiel 19:12; Isaiah 49:10; Revelation 3:19
- 9 Judges 16:16; Job 5:2; Genesis 4:5–14; Job 40:4–5; Job 18:4
- 11 Matthew 18:33; Luke 15:28–32; Psalm 36:6; Jonah 1:2; Psalm 145:8–9
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences