Jonah · Unlocked Literal Bible
Jonah 4 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 But this displeased Jonah and he became very angry.
1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
2 So Jonah prayed to Yahweh and said, “Ah, Yahweh, is this not just what I said when I was back in my own country? That is why I acted first and tried to flee to Tarshish—because I knew that you are a gracious God, compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in covenant faithfulness, and you hold back from sending disaster.
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 now, Yahweh, I beg you, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
3 Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 Yahweh said, “Is it good that you are so angry?”
4 Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
5 Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made a shelter and sat under it in the shade so that he could see what might become of the city.
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 Yahweh God prepared a plant and made it grow up over Jonah so that it might be a shade over his head to relieve his distress. Jonah was very glad because of the plant.
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 worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.
7 But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.
8 It came about that when the sun rose the next morning, God prepared a hot east wind. Also, the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he became faint. Then Jonah wished that he might die. He said to himself, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
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 Then God said to Jonah, “Is it good that you are so angry about the plant?” Then Jonah said, “It is good that I am angry, even to 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 Yahweh said, “You have had compassion for the plant, for which you have not labored, nor did you make it grow. It grew up in a night and died 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 So as for me, should I not have compassion for Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than one hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know the difference between their right hand and their left hand, and also many cattle?”
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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