But it displeased Jonah
exceedingly
, and he was very angry
.
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
.
Therefore now, O LORD, take
, I beseech thee, my life
from me; for it is better
for me to die
than to live
.
Then said the LORD
, Doest thou well
to be angry
?
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
.
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
.
But God prepared
a worm
when the morning
rose
the next day
, and it smote
the gourd
that it withered
.
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 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
.
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
:
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
?