Jonah 4

Highlighted words differ from the WEB. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

WEB KJV

1
WEBBut it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
KJVBut it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
2
WEBHe 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 loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.
KJVAnd 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.
3
WEBTherefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
KJVTherefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
4
WEBYahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
KJVThen said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
5
WEBThen 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.
KJVSo 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.
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WEBYahweh 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 vine.
KJVAnd 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.
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WEBBut God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.
KJVBut God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
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WEBWhen the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
KJVAnd 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.
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WEBGod 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.”
KJVAnd 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.
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WEBYahweh 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.
KJVThen 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:
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WEBShouldn’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 many animals?”
KJVAnd 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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