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chapter 4
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|But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
|But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
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|But this greatly displeased Jonah who, after passing so many difficulties, was willing to see some action
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|And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
|And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
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|So he prayed to the LORD: Oh LORD! Was not this what I said when I was still at home? That is why I anticipated and flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, you change your mind and don't destroy.
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|Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
|Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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|So now, Lord, I beg you to take away my life. I'd rather die than live!
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|Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
|Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
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|You're right of enraging so much? Replied the LORD
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|So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
|So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
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|Jonah went out and camped at the east of the city. There he built a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen with the city.
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|And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
|And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
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|To relieve his discomfort, the LORD God prepared a plant, which grew to cover Jonah’s head with its shade. Jonah was overjoyed with the plant.
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|But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
|But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
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|But at dawn of the next day God prepared a worm that wounded the plant, and the plant wilted.
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|And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
|And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
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|As the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind. Besides, the sun struck to the head of Jonah so that he felt like fainting. With a desire to die, he exclaimed: I'd rather die than live!
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|And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
|And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
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|But God said to Jonah: Do you have a good reason to enrage with the plant so much? Of course I do! He answered.
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|Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
|Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
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|The LORD said: You feel pity of a plant, which without any effort on your part, grew up in one night and perished the next one.
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|And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
|And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
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|Now consider Nineveh, a city where more than 120 000 people live, people who do not distinguish their right hand from their left hand, and with so much cattle, don’t you think I am right in feeling pity for them?
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