Jonah 4:1-6 ▼

1 And it will be evil to Jonah, a great evil, and it will kindle to him.

2 And he will pray to Jehovah and say, Ah, now, O Jehovah, was not this my word while I was upon my land? For this I anticipated to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that thou art merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and of much kindness, and lamenting for evil.

3 And now, O Jehovah, take now my soul from me, for it is good for me to die rather than for me to live.

4 And Jehovah will say, Didst thou well for thee to be angry?

5 And Jonah will go out of the city, and sit from the east to the city, and he make to him there a tent, and he will sit under it in the shadow, even till he shall see what will be upon the city.

6 And Jehovah God will appoint a gourd, and it will come up from above to Jonah to be a shadow over his head to deliver to him from his evil. And Jonah will rejoice over the gourd with great joy.