Jonah 4:1-11 KJV11 - Bible AI

¹But it displeased3415 Jonah3124 exceedingly1419 7451, and he was very angry2734.

²And he prayed6419 unto the LORD3068, and said559, I pray577 thee, O LORD3068, was not this my saying1697, when I was yet in my country127? Therefore I fled1272 before6923 unto Tarshish8659: for I knew3045 that thou art a gracious2587 God410, and merciful7349, slow750 to anger639, and of great7227 kindness2617, and repentest5162 thee of the evil7451.

³Therefore now, O LORD3068, take3947, I beseech thee, my life5315 from me; for it is better2896 for me to die4194 than to live2416.

⁴Then said559 the LORD3068, Doest thou well3190 to be angry2734? Doest: or, Art thou greatly angry?

⁵So Jonah3124 went out3318 of the city5892, and sat3427 on the east side6924 of the city5892, and there made6213 him a booth5521, and sat3427 under it in the shadow6738, till he might see7200 what would become of the city5892.

⁶And the LORD3068 God430 prepared4487 a gourd7021, and made it to come up5927 over Jonah3124, that it might be a shadow6738 over his head7218, to deliver5337 him from his grief7451. So Jonah3124 was exceeding1419 8057 glad8055 of the gourd7021. gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajon was: Heb. rejoiced with great joy

⁷But God430 prepared4487 a worm8438 when the morning7837 rose5927 the next day4283, and it smote5221 the gourd7021 that it withered3001.

⁸And it came to pass, when the sun8121 did arise2224, that God430 prepared4487 a vehement2759 east6921 wind7307; and the sun8121 beat5221 upon the head7218 of Jonah3124, that he fainted5968, and wished7592 in himself5315 to die4191, and said559, It is better2896 for me to die4194 than to live2416. vehement: or, silent

⁹And God430 said559 to Jonah3124, Doest thou well3190 to be angry2734 for the gourd7021? And he said559, I do well3190 to be angry2734, even unto death4194. Doest: or, Art thou greatly angry? I do well: or, I am greatly angry

¹⁰Then said559 the LORD3068, Thou hast had pity2347 on the gourd7021, for the which thou hast not laboured5998, neither madest it grow1431; which came up in a night1121 3915, and perished6 in a night1121 3915: had pity: or, spared came: Heb. was the son of the night

¹¹And should not I spare2347 Nineveh5210, that great1419 city5892, wherein are3426 more7235 than sixscore8147 6240 thousand7239 persons120 that cannot discern3045 between their right hand3225 and their left hand8040; and also much7227 cattle929?