Jonah’s Anger at the LORD’s Compassion 1 Brenton But Jonas was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded. BSB BSB: Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
2 Brenton And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tharsis; because I knew that thou art merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and repentest of evil. BSB BSB: So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
3 Brenton And now, Lord God, take my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. BSB BSB: And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
4 Brenton And the Lord said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved? BSB BSB: But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
5 Brenton And Jonas went out from the city, and sat over against the city; and he made for himself there a booth, and he sat under it, until he should perceive what would become of the city. BSB BSB: Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.
7 Brenton And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away. BSB BSB: When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
8 Brenton And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonas, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. BSB BSB: As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9 Brenton And God said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am very much grieved, even to death. BSB BSB: Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”