Jonah 4 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 Therefore it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was angry.
1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
2 And he prayed vnto the Lord, and saide, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my countrey? therefore I preuented it to flee vnto Tarshish: for I knewe that thou art a gratious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindnes, and repentest thee of the euill.
2 He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.
3 Therefore nowe O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue.
3 Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 Then saide the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?
4 Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
5 So Ionah went out of the citie and sate on the East side of the citie, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadowe till he might see what should be done in the citie.
5 Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.
6 And the Lord God prepared a gourde, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadowe ouer his head and deliuer him from his griefe. So Ionah was exceeding glad of the gourde.
6 Yahweh God prepared a vine and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.
7 But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
7 But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.
8 And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to die, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue.
8 When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9 And God said vnto Ionah, Doest thou well to be angrie for the gourde? And he said, I doe well to be angrie vnto the death.
9 God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”
10 Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it growe, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night,
10 Yahweh said, “You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night and perished in a night.
11 And shoulde not I spare Nineueh that great citie, wherein are sixe score thousande persons, that cannot discerne betweene their right hand, and their left hand, and also much cattell?
11 Shouldn’t I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can’t discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many animals?”
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
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