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[1] But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. [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, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.” [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, 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 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 dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered. [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] 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 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] 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?”
King James Version

The Prophet’s Education

[1] But it displeased H3415 Jonah H3124 exceedingly, H1419 H7451 and he was very angry. H2734 [2] And he prayed H6419 unto the Lord, H3068 and said, H559 I pray H577 thee, O Lord, H3068 was not this my saying, H1697 when I was yet in my country? H127 Therefore I fled H1272 before H6923 unto Tarshish: H8659 for H3588 I knew H3045 that thou art a gracious H2587 God, H410 and merciful, H7349 slow H750 to anger, H639 and of great H7227 kindness, H2617 and repentest H5162 thee of the evil. H7451 [3] Therefore now, O Lord, H3068 take, H3947 H853 I beseech thee, my life H5315 from me; for it is better H2896 for H3588 me to die H4194 than to live. H2416 [4] Then said H559 the Lord, H3068 Doest thou well H3190 to be angry? H2734§ [5] So Jonah H3124 went out H3318 of the city, H5892 and sat H3427 on the east side H6924 of the city, H5892 and there made H6213 him a booth, H5521 and sat H3427 under it in the shadow, H6738 till H5704 he might see H7200 what H4100 would become of the city. H5892 [6] And the Lord H3068 God H430 prepared H4487 a gourd, H7021§ and made it to come up H5927 over H5921 Jonah, H3124 that it might be a shadow H6738 over H5921 his head, H7218 to deliver H5337 him from his grief. H7451 So Jonah H3124 was exceeding H1419 H8057 glad H8055§ of the gourd. H7021 [7] But God H430 prepared H4487 a worm H8438 when the morning H7837 rose H5927 the next day, H4283 and it smote H5221 H853 the gourd H7021 that it withered. H3001 [8] And it came to pass, when the sun H8121 did arise, H2224 that God H430 prepared H4487 a vehement H2759§ east H6921 wind; H7307 and the sun H8121 beat H5221 upon H5921 the head H7218 of Jonah, H3124 that he fainted, H5968 and wished H7592 H853 in himself H5315 to die, H4191 and said, H559 It is better H2896 for me to die H4194 than to live. H2416 [9] And God H430 said H559 to Jonah, H3124 Doest thou well H3190 to be angry H2734§ for the gourd? H7021 And he said, H559 I do well H3190 to be angry, H2734§ even unto death. H4194 [10] Then said H559 the Lord, H3068 Thou hast had pity H2347§ on H5921 the gourd, H7021 for the which thou hast not laboured, H5998 neither madest it grow; H1431 which H834 came up in a night, H1121§ H3915 and perished H6 in a night: H1121 H3915 [11] and should not I spare H2347 Nineveh, H5210 that great H1419 city, H5892 wherein are H3426 more H7235 than sixscore H8147 H6240 thousand H7239 persons H120 that cannot discern H3045 between H996 their right hand H3225 and their left hand; H8040 and also much H7227 cattle? H929

Footnotes

  1. § 4:4 Or, art thou greatly angry?
  2. § 4:6a Or, palmcrist. Heb. Kikajon
  3. § 4:6b Heb. rejoiced with great joy
  4. § 4:8 Or, silent
  5. § 4:9a Or, art thou greatly angry?
  6. § 4:9b Or, I am greatly angry
  7. § 4:10a Or, spared
  8. § 4:10b Heb. was the son of the night
Septuaginta
[1] Καὶ G2532 ἐλυπήθη G3076 Ιωνας G2495 λύπην G3077 μεγάλην G3173 καὶ G2532 συνεχύθη. G4797 [2] Καὶ G2532 προσεύξατο G4336 πρὸς G4314 κύριον G2962 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Ὦ G5599 κύριε, G2962 οὐχ G3756 οὗτοι G3778 οἱ G3588 λόγοι G3056 μου G3450 ἔτι G2089 ὄντος G5607 μου G3450 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 γῇ G1093 μου; G3450 Διὰ G1223 τοῦτο G5124 προέφθασα G4399 τοῦ G3588 φυγεῖν G5343 εἰς G1519 Θαρσις, διότι G1360 ἔγνων G1097 ὅτι G3754 σὺ G4771 ἐλεήμων G1655 καὶ G2532 οἰκτίρμων, G3629 μακρόθυμος καὶ G2532 πολυέλεος καὶ G2532 μετανοῶν G3340 ἐπὶ G1909 ταῖς G3588 κακίαις. G2549 [3] Καὶ G2532 νῦν, G3568 δέσποτα G1203 κύριε, G2962 λαβὲ G2983 τὴν G3588 ψυχήν G5590 μου G3450 ἀπ’ G575 ἐμοῦ, G1699 ὅτι G3754 καλὸν G2570 τὸ G3588 ἀποθανεῖν G599 με G3165 ἢ G2228 ζῆν G2198 με. G3165 [4] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 κύριος G2962 πρὸς G4314 Ιωναν G2495 Εἰ G1487 σφόδρα G4970 λελύπησαι G3076 σύ; G4771 [5] Καὶ G2532 ἐξῆλθεν G1831 Ιωνας G2495 ἐκ G1537 τῆς G3588 πόλεως G4172 καὶ G2532 ἐκάθισεν G2523 ἀπέναντι G561 τῆς G3588 πόλεως· G4172 καὶ G2532 ἐποίησεν G4160 ἑαυτῷ G1438 ἐκεῖ G1563 σκηνὴν G4633 καὶ G2532 ἐκάθητο G2521 ὑποκάτω G5270 αὐτῆς G846 ἐν G1722 σκιᾷ, G4639 ἕως G2193 οὗ G3739 ἀπίδῃ G872 τί G5101 ἔσται G2071 τῇ G3588 πόλει. G4172 [6] Καὶ G2532 προσέταξεν G4367 κύριος G2962 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 κολοκύνθῃ, καὶ G2532 ἀνέβη G305 ὑπὲρ G5228 κεφαλῆς G2776 τοῦ G3588 Ιωνα G2495 τοῦ G3588 εἶναι G1511 σκιὰν G4639 ὑπεράνω G5231 τῆς G3588 κεφαλῆς G2776 αὐτοῦ G846 τοῦ G3588 σκιάζειν αὐτῷ G846 ἀπὸ G575 τῶν G3588 κακῶν G2556 αὐτοῦ· G846 καὶ G2532 ἐχάρη G5463 Ιωνας G2495 ἐπὶ G1909 τῇ G3588 κολοκύνθῃ χαρὰν G5479 μεγάλην. G3173 [7] Καὶ G2532 προσέταξεν G4367 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 σκώληκι G4663 ἑωθινῇ τῇ G3588 ἐπαύριον, G1887 καὶ G2532 ἐπάταξεν G3960 τὴν G3588 κολόκυνθαν, καὶ G2532 ἀπεξηράνθη. [8] Καὶ G2532 ἐγένετο G1096 ἅμα G260 τῷ G3588 ἀνατεῖλαι G393 τὸν G3588 ἥλιον G2246 καὶ G2532 προσέταξεν G4367 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 πνεύματι G4151 καύσωνος G2742 συγκαίοντι, καὶ G2532 ἐπάταξεν G3960 ὁ G3588 ἥλιος G2246 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 κεφαλὴν G2776 Ιωνα· G2495 καὶ G2532 ὠλιγοψύχησεν καὶ G2532 ἀπελέγετο τὴν G3588 ψυχὴν G5590 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Καλόν G2570 μοι G3427 ἀποθανεῖν G599 με G3165 ἢ G2228 ζῆν. G2198 [9] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 πρὸς G4314 Ιωναν G2495 Εἰ G1487 σφόδρα G4970 λελύπησαι G3076 σὺ G4771 ἐπὶ G1909 τῇ G3588 κολοκύνθῃ; Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Σφόδρα G4970 λελύπημαι G3076 ἐγὼ G1473 ἕως G2193 θανάτου. G2288 [10] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 κύριος G2962 Σὺ G4771 ἐφείσω G5339 ὑπὲρ G5228 τῆς G3588 κολοκύνθης, ὑπὲρ G5228 ἧς G3739 οὐκ G3756 ἐκακοπάθησας G2553 ἐπ’ G1909 αὐτὴν G846 καὶ G2532 οὐκ G3756 ἐξέθρεψας G1625 αὐτήν, G846 ἣ G3739 ἐγενήθη G1096 ὑπὸ G5259 νύκτα G3571 καὶ G2532 ὑπὸ G5259 νύκτα G3571 ἀπώλετο. G622 [11] Ἐγὼ G1473 δὲ G1161 οὐ G3756 φείσομαι G5339 ὑπὲρ G5228 Νινευη G3535 τῆς G3588 πόλεως G4172 τῆς G3588 μεγάλης, G3173 ἐν G1722 ᾗ G3739 κατοικοῦσιν G2730 πλείους G4119 ἢ G2228 δώδεκα G1427 μυριάδες G3461 ἀνθρώπων, G444 οἵτινες G3748 οὐκ G3756 ἔγνωσαν G1097 δεξιὰν G1188 αὐτῶν G846 ἢ G2228 ἀριστερὰν G710 αὐτῶν, G846 καὶ G2532 κτήνη G2934 πολλά; G4183
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament