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| 4:1 | But it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was very angry. |
| 4:2 | And he prayed vnto the Lord, and sayd, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my countrey? Therefore I fledde before vnto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and mercifull, slow to anger, and of great kindnesse, and repentest thee of the euill. |
| 4:3 | Therefore now, O Lord, Take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die then to liue. |
| 4:4 | Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry? |
| 4:5 | So Ionah went out of the citie, and sate on the East side of the city, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadow, till hee might see what would become of the citie. |
| 4:6 | And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadow ouer his head, to deliuer him from his griefe. So Ionah was exceeding glad of the gourd. |
| 4:7 | But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. |
| 4:8 | And it came to passe when the Sunne did arise, that God prepared a vehement East wind; and the Sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that hee fainted, and wished in himselfe to die, and said, It is better for me to die, then to liue. |
| 4:9 | And God said to Ionah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? and he said, I doe well to be angry, euen vnto death. |
| 4:10 | Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night: |
| 4:11 | And should not I spare Nineueh that great citie, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons, that cannot discerne betweene their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattell? |
| 4:1 | Therefore it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was angry. |
| 4:2 | And he prayed vnto the Lord, and saide, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my countrey? therefore I preuented it to flee vnto Tarshish: for I knewe that thou art a gratious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindnes, and repentest thee of the euill. |
| 4:3 | Therefore nowe O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue. |
| 4:4 | Then saide the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry? |
| 4:5 | So Ionah went out of the citie and sate on the East side of the citie, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadowe till he might see what should be done in the citie. |
| 4:6 | And the Lord God prepared a gourde, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadowe ouer his head and deliuer him from his griefe. So Ionah was exceeding glad of the gourde. |
| 4:7 | But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. |
| 4:8 | And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to die, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue. |
| 4:9 | And God said vnto Ionah, Doest thou well to be angrie for the gourde? And he said, I doe well to be angrie vnto the death. |
| 4:10 | Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it growe, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night, |
| 4:11 | And shoulde not I spare Nineueh that great citie, wherein are sixe score thousande persons, that cannot discerne betweene their right hand, and their left hand, and also much cattell? |
| 4:1 | Therfore Ionas was sore dyscontent and angrie. |
| 4:2 | And he prayed vnto the Lorde, and sayde: O Lorde, was not thys my sayinge (I praye the) when I was yet in my countre? therfore I hasted rather to fle vnto Tharsis, for I knowe wel ynough that thou art a mercyfull God, full of compassyon, longe sufferyng, and of great kyndnes and repentest when thou shuldest take punyshment, |
| 4:3 | And now O Lord, take my lyfe fro me (I beseche the) for I had rather dye then lyue. |
| 4:4 | Then sayde the Lord: art thou so angrie? |
| 4:5 | And Ionas gat hym out of the cytie, and satt downe on the east syde therof: and there made hym a booth, and sat vnder it in the shadowe, tyll he myght se, what shulde chaunce vnto the cytie. |
| 4:6 | And the Lord God prepared a wylde vyne, whych sprange vp ouer Ionas, that he myght haue shadowe aboue his head, to delyuer hym out of his payne. And Ionas was excedynge glad of the wylde vyne. |
| 4:7 | But vpon the nexte morowe agaynst the spryng of the daye. The Lord ordened a worme, whych smote the wylde vyne, so that it wythered awaye. |
| 4:8 | And when the Sunne was vp, God prepared a feruent east wynde: & the Sunne bett ouer the head of Ionas, that he faynted agayne, & wysshed vnto his soule, that he myght dye, and sayd: It is better for me to dye, then to lyue. |
| 4:9 | And God sayd vnto Ionas: Art thou so angrie for the wylde vyne? And he sayd: yee, very angrie am I, euen vnto the deeth. |
| 4:10 | And the Lord sayd: thou hast compassion vpon a wylde vyne, wheron thou bestowdest no laboure: ner madest it growe whych sprange vp in one nyght & peryshed in another: |
| 4:11 | And shulde not I then haue compassyon vpon Niniue that greate cytie, wherin there are aboue an .C. & .xx. thousand personnes, that knowe not theyr ryght hand from the lefte, besydes moch catell? |
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