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| Jonah 4:1 | But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. | But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry. | But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. |
| Jonah 4:2 | 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 lovingkindness, and you repent of the evil. | And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil. | 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. |
| Jonah 4:3 | Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live." | So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life. | Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. |
| Jonah 4:4 | Yahweh said, "Is it right for you to be angry?" | And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry? | Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? |
| Jonah 4:5 | 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. | Then Jonah went out of the town, and took his seat on the east side of the town and made himself a roof of branches and took his seat under its shade till he saw what would become of 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. |
| Jonah 4:6 | 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 gourd. | And the Lord God made a vine come up over Jonah to give him shade over his head. And Jonah was very glad because of the vine. | 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. |
| Jonah 4:7 | But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on vine, so that it withered. | But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead. | But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. |
| Jonah 4:8 | It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head , so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live." | Then when the sun came up, God sent a burning east wind: and so great was the heat of the sun on his head that Jonah was overcome, and, requesting death for himself, said, Death is better for me than life. | 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. |
| Jonah 4:9 | 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." | And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry. | 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. |
| Jonah 4:10 | 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. | And the Lord said, You had pity on the vine, for which you did no work and for the growth of which you were not responsible; which came up in a night and came to an end 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: |
| Jonah 4:11 | 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 much cattle?" | And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle? | 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? |
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