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The account of Jonah when he got angry because God spared the wicked city of Nineveh, after they repented because of יהוה having sent Jonah to warn them.
Jonah 4:1-11 GNB . . .Jonah was very unhappy about this and became angry. (2) So he prayed, " LORD (יהוה), didn't I say before I left home that this is just what you would do? That's why I did my best to run away to Spain! I knew that you are a loving and merciful God, always patient, always kind, and always ready to change your mind and not punish. (3) Now then, LORD (יהוה), let me die. I am better off dead than alive." (4) The LORD (יהוה) answered, "What right do you have to be angry?" (5) Jonah went out east of the city and sat down. He made a shelter for himself and sat in its shade, waiting to see what would happen to Nineveh. (6) Then the LORD (יהוה) God made a plant grow up over Jonah to give him some shade, so that he would be more comfortable. Jonah was extremely pleased with the plant. (7) But at dawn the next day, at God's command, a worm attacked the plant, and it died. (8) After the sun had risen, God sent a hot east wind, and Jonah was about to faint from the heat of the sun beating down on his head. So he wished he were dead. "I am better off dead than alive," he said. (9) But God said to him, "What right do you have to be angry about the plant?" Jonah replied, "I have every right to be angry---angry enough to die!" (10) The LORD (יהוה) said to him, "This plant grew up in one night and disappeared the next; you didn't do anything for it and you didn't make it grow---yet you feel sorry for it! (11) How much more, then, should I have pity on Nineveh, that great city. After all, it has more than 120,000 innocent children in it, as well as many animals!"
Jonah 4:1-11 LITV . . .But it was a great calamity in Jonah's sight, and it kindled anger in him. (2) And he prayed to Jehovah (יהוה), and said, Please, O Jehovah (יהוה), was this not my word while I was on my own land? On account of this, I fled to Tarshish before, for I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and One who repents over calamity. (3) And now, O Jehovah (יהוה), please take my life from me. For better is my death than my life. (4) And Jehovah (יהוה) said, Is anger rightly kindled in you? (5) And Jonah went out from the city and sat on the east of the city. And he made there a booth for himself and sat under it in the shade until he should see what would happen in the city. (6) And Jehovah (יהוה) God appointed a plant, and it came up over Jonah to be shade over his head, in order to deliver him from his misery. And Jonah rejoiced over the plant with great joy. (7) But God appointed a worm at the rising of the dawn of the next day, and it struck the plant, and it withered. (8) And it happened when the sun shone, God had appointed a scorching east wind; and the sun struck Jonah's head, so that he fainted; and he asked for his life to die. And he said, Better is my death than my life. (9) And God said to Jonah, Is your anger rightly kindled over the plant? And he said, My anger is rightly kindled, even to death. (10) And Jehovah (יהוה) said, You have had pity on the plant for which you had not labored, nor made it grow, which was the son of a night and perished the son of a night, (11) and should I not have pity on Nineveh, the great city in which are more than a hundred and twenty thousand of mankind who do not know between the right and the left hand, and many cattle?
Jonah 4:1-11 CEV . . .Jonah was really upset and angry. (2) So he prayed: Our LORD (יהוה), I knew from the very beginning that you wouldn't destroy Nineveh. That's why I left my own country and headed for Spain. You are a kind and merciful God, and you are very patient. You always show love, and you don't like to punish anyone, not even foreigners. (3) Now let me die! I'd be better off dead. (4) The LORD (יהוה) replied, "What right do you have to be angry?" (5) Jonah then left through the east gate of the city and made a shelter to protect himself from the sun. He sat under the shelter, waiting to see what would happen to Nineveh. (6) The LORD (יהוה) made a vine grow up to shade Jonah's head and protect him from the sun. Jonah was very happy to have the vine, (7) but early the next morning the LORD (יהוה) sent a worm to chew on the vine, and the vine dried up. (8) During the day the LORD (יהוה) sent a scorching wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head, making him feel faint. Jonah was ready to die, and he shouted, "I wish I were dead!" (9) But the LORD (יהוה) asked, "Jonah, do you have the right to be angry about the vine?" "Yes, I do," he answered, "and I'm angry enough to die." (10) But the LORD (יהוה) said: You are concerned about a vine that you did not plant or take care of, a vine that grew up in one night and died the next. (11) In that city of Nineveh there are more than a hundred twenty thousand people who cannot tell right from wrong, and many cattle are also there. Don't you think I should be concerned about that big city?
Jonah 4:1-11 BBE . . .But this seemed very wrong to Jonah, and he was angry. (2) 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. (3) So now, O Lord, give ear to my prayer and take my life from me; for death is better for me than life. (4) And the Lord said, Have you any right to be angry? (5) 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. (6) 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. (7) But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead. (8) 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. (9) 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. (10) 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; (11) 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?
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