Jonah’s Anger at the LORD’s Compassion 1 DRA And Jonas was exceedingly troubled, and was angry: BSB BSB: Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
2 DRA And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive 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 DRA And now, O Lord, I beseech thee 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 DRA And the Lord said: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry? BSB BSB: But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
5 DRA Then Jonas went out of the city, and sat toward the east side of the city: and he made himself a booth there, and he sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would befall 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 DRA But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and it withered. BSB BSB: When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
8 DRA And when the sun was risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonas, and he broiled with the heat: and he desired for his soul that he might die, 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 DRA And the Lord said to Jonas: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto 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!”