Jonah's anger and the plant
Jonah hated this. He was furious. He prayed to the Lord and said: Lord, isn't this exactly what I said back home? That's why I took off for Tarshish in the first place. I knew what you were like — gracious and merciful, slow to anger, full of kindness, and ready to relent from harm. So now, Lord, just take my life. I'd rather be dead than alive. And the Lord said, Is it right for you to be angry? So Jonah went out of the city and sat down on the east side of it. He put together a shelter there and sat in its shade, to see what would become of the city. And the Lord God prepared a gourd and made it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head and ease his grief. Jonah was rapt with the gourd. But at dawn the next morning God prepared a worm, and it struck the gourd so that it withered. And when the sun came up God sent a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head until he fainted. He wished he was dead. I'd rather be dead than alive, he said. And God said to Jonah, Is it right for you to be angry over the gourd? And he said, I do — angry enough to die. And the Lord said, You have had pity on the gourd, though you did no work for it and did not make it grow. It came up overnight and died overnight. And shouldn't I go easy on Nineveh, that great city, where there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who don't know their right hand from their left — and a lot of cattle besides?
But it seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry. And he prayed to the Lord and said: Please, Lord, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? That's why I ran off to Tarshish before. Because I knew you were a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and full of faithful love, and one who's sorry about doing harm. So now, Lord, please take my life away from me. Because it's better for me to die than to live. Then the Lord said: Have you got a good reason to be angry? So Jonah went out of the town and sat down on the east side of it. And he made himself a shelter there and sat under it in the shade, to see what would happen to the town. And the Lord God had a plant ready, and made it come up over Jonah to be shade over his head, to get him out of his trouble. And Jonah was very glad about the plant. But God had a worm ready when the dawn came up the next day, and it struck the plant so it withered. And when the sun came up, God had a scorching east wind ready. And the sun beat down on Jonah's head so he fainted, and he asked to die and said: It's better for me to die than to live. And God said to Jonah: Have you got a good reason to be angry about the plant? And he said: I've got good reason to be angry, right to death. Then the Lord said: You've felt for the plant that you didn't work for and didn't make grow, that came up in a night and went in a night. And shouldn't I spare Nineveh, that big town, with more than a hundred and twenty thousand people in it who don't know their right hand from their left — and plenty of cattle too?
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?
Jonah hated this. He was furious.
But it seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry.
But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
He prayed to the Lord and said: Lord, isn't this exactly what I said back home? That's why I took off for Tarshish in the first place. I knew what you were like — gracious and merciful, slow to anger, full of kindness, and ready to relent from harm.
And he prayed to the Lord and said: Please, Lord, wasn't this what I said when I was still in my own country? That's why I ran off to Tarshish before. Because I knew you were a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and full of faithful love, and one who's sorry about doing harm.
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.
So now, Lord, just take my life. I'd rather be dead than alive.
So now, Lord, please take my life away from me. Because it's 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.
And the Lord said, Is it right for you to be angry?
Then the Lord said: Have you got a good reason to be angry?
Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
So Jonah went out of the city and sat down on the east side of it. He put together a shelter there and sat in its shade, to see what would become of the city.
So Jonah went out of the town and sat down on the east side of it. And he made himself a shelter there and sat under it in the shade, to see what would happen to the town.
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 come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head and ease his grief. Jonah was rapt with the gourd.
And the Lord God had a plant ready, and made it come up over Jonah to be shade over his head, to get him out of his trouble. And Jonah was very glad about the plant.
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 at dawn the next morning God prepared a worm, and it struck the gourd so that it withered.
But God had a worm ready when the dawn came up the next day, and it struck the plant so it withered.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
And when the sun came up God sent a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head until he fainted. He wished he was dead. I'd rather be dead than alive, he said.
And when the sun came up, God had a scorching east wind ready. And the sun beat down on Jonah's head so he fainted, and he asked to die and said: It's 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.
And God said to Jonah, Is it right for you to be angry over the gourd? And he said, I do — angry enough to die.
And God said to Jonah: Have you got a good reason to be angry about the plant? And he said: I've got good reason to be angry, right to 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.
And the Lord said, You have had pity on the gourd, though you did no work for it and did not make it grow. It came up overnight and died overnight.
Then the Lord said: You've felt for the plant that you didn't work for and didn't make grow, that came up in a night and went 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:
And shouldn't I go easy on Nineveh, that great city, where there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who don't know their right hand from their left — and a lot of cattle besides?
And shouldn't I spare Nineveh, that big town, with more than a hundred and twenty thousand people in it who don't know their right hand from their left — and plenty of cattle too?
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?