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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

^[1] But it displeasedH3415(QalImpf) JonahH3124 exceedingly,H1419 and he was very angry.H2734(QalImpf) ^[2] And he prayedH6419(HithImpf) unto the Lord,H3068 and said,H559(QalImpf) I prayH577 thee, O Lord,H3068 [was] not this my saying,H1697 when I was yet in my country?H127 Therefore I fledH1272(QalInf) beforeH6923(PielPerf) unto Tarshish:H8659 for I knewH3045(QalPerf) that thou [art] a graciousH2587 God,H410 and merciful,H7349 slowH750 to anger,H639 and of greatH7227 kindness,H2617 and repentestH5162(NiphPtc) thee of the evil.H7451 ^[3] Therefore now, O Lord,H3068 take,H3947(QalImpv) I beseech thee, my lifeH5315 from me; for [it is] betterH2896 for me to dieH4194 than to live.H2416 ^[4] Then saidH559(QalImpf) the Lord,H3068 Doest thou wellH3190(HiphInf) to be angry?H2734(QalPerf) ^[5] So JonahH3124 went outH3318(QalImpf) of the city,H5892 and satH3427(QalImpf) on the east sideH6924 of the city,H5892 and there madeH6213(QalImpf) him a booth,H5521 and satH3427(QalImpf) under it in the shadow,H6738 till he might seeH7200(QalImpf) what would become of the city.H5892 ^[6] And the LordH3068 GodH430 preparedH4487(PielImpf) a gourd,H7021 and made [it] to come upH5927(QalImpf) over Jonah,H3124 that it might be a shadowH6738 over his head,H7218 to deliverH5337(HiphInf) him from his grief.H7451 So JonahH3124 was exceedingH1419 gladH8055(QalImpf) of the gourd.H7021 ^[7] But GodH430 preparedH4487(PielImpf) a wormH8438 when the morningH7837 roseH5927(QalInf) the next day,H4283 and it smoteH5221(HiphImpf) the gourdH7021 that it withered.H3001(QalImpf) ^[8] And it came to pass, when the sunH8121 did arise,H2224(QalInf) that GodH430 preparedH4487(PielImpf) a vehementH2759 eastH6921 wind;H7307 and the sunH8121 beatH5221(HiphImpf) upon the headH7218 of Jonah,H3124 that he fainted,H5968(HithImpf) and wishedH7592(QalImpf) in himselfH5315 to die,H4191(QalInf) and said,H559(QalImpf) [It is] betterH2896 for me to dieH4194 than to live.H2416 ^[9] And GodH430 saidH559(QalImpf) to Jonah,H3124 Doest thou wellH3190(HiphInf) to be angryH2734(QalPerf) for the gourd?H7021 And he said,H559(QalImpf) I do wellH3190(HiphInf) to be angry,H2734(QalPerf) [even] unto death.H4194 ^[10] Then saidH559(QalImpf) the Lord,H3068 Thou hast had pityH2347(QalPerf) on the gourd,H7021 for the which thou hast not laboured,H5998(QalPerf) neither madest it grow;H1431(PielPerf) which came up in a night,H1121 and perishedH6(QalPerf) in a night:H1121 ^[11] And should not I spareH2347(QalImpf) Nineveh,H5210 that greatH1419 city,H5892 wherein areH3426 moreH7235(HiphInf) than sixscoreH8147 thousandH7239 personsH120 that cannot discernH3045(QalPerf) between their right handH3225 and their left hand;H8040 and [also] muchH7227 cattle?H929

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