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1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
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1. But it displeased H7489 H413 Jonah H3124 exceedingly H7451 H1419 , and he was very angry H2734 .
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2. And he prayed to the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish: for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repent you of the evil.
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2. And he prayed H6419 unto H413 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , I pray thee H577 , O LORD H3068 , was not H3808 this H2088 my saying H1697 , when I was H1961 yet H5704 in H5921 my country H127 ? Therefore H5921 H3651 I fled H1272 before H6923 unto Tarshish H8659 : for H3588 I knew H3045 that H3588 thou H859 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 H5921 the evil H7451 .
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3. Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
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3. Therefore now H6258 , O LORD H3068 , take H3947 , I beseech thee H4994 , H853 my life H5315 from H4480 me; for H3588 it is better H2896 for me to die H4194 than to live H4480 H2416 .
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4. Then said the LORD, Do you well to be angry?
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4. Then said H559 the LORD H3068 , Doest thou well H3190 to be angry H2734 ?
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5. 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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5. So Jonah H3124 went out H3318 of H4480 the city H5892 , and sat H3427 on the east side H4480 H6924 of the city H5892 , and there H8033 made H6213 him a booth H5521 , and sat H3427 under H8478 it in the shadow H6738 , till H5704 he might see H7200 what H4100 would become H1961 of the city H5892 .
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6. 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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6. And the LORD H3068 God H430 prepared H4487 a gourd H7021 , and made it to come up H5927 over H4480 H5921 Jonah H3124 , that it might be H1961 a shadow H6738 over H5921 his head H7218 , to deliver H5337 him from his grief H4480 H7451 . So Jonah H3124 was H8055 exceeding glad H1419 H8057 of H5921 the gourd H7021 .
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7. But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
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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 .
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8. And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on 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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8. And it came to pass H1961 , 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 in H854 himself H5315 to die H4191 , and said H559 , It is better H2896 for me to die H4194 than to live H4480 H2416 .
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9. And God said to Jonah, Do you well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.
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9. And God H430 said H559 to H413 Jonah H3124 , Doest thou well H3190 to be angry H2734 for H5921 the gourd H7021 ? And he said H559 , I do well H3190 to be angry H2734 , even unto H5704 death H4194 .
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10. Then said the LORD, You have had pity on the gourd, for the which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
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10. Then said H559 the LORD H3068 , Thou H859 hast had pity H2347 on H5921 the gourd H7021 , for the which H834 thou hast not H3808 labored H5998 , neither H3808 madest it grow H1431 ; which came up H1961 in H7945 H1121 a night H3915 , and perished H6 in H1121 a night H3915 :
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11. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
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11. And should not H3808 I H589 spare H2347 H5921 Nineveh H5210 , that great H1419 city H5892 , wherein H834 are H3426 more H7235 than sixscore thousand H4480 H8147 H6240 H7239 persons H120 that H834 cannot H3808 discern H3045 between H996 their right hand H3225 and their left hand H8040 ; and also much H7227 cattle H929 ?
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