But it displeased³⁴¹⁵ Jonah³¹²⁴ exceedingly,¹⁴¹⁹ and he was very angry.²⁷³⁴

And he prayed⁶⁴¹⁹ unto Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ and said,⁵⁵⁹ I pray thee,⁵⁷⁷ O Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ was not this my saying,¹⁶⁹⁷ when I was yet in my country?¹²⁷ Therefore I fled¹²⁷² before⁶⁹²³ unto Tarshish:⁸⁶⁵⁹ for I knew³⁰⁴⁵ that thou art a gracious²⁵⁸⁷ El,⁴¹⁰ and merciful,⁷³⁴⁹ slow⁷⁵⁰ to anger,⁶³⁹ and of great⁷²²⁷ kindness,²⁶¹⁷ and repentest⁵¹⁶² thee of the evil.⁷⁴⁵¹

Therefore now, O Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ take,³⁹⁴⁷ I beseech thee, my life⁵³¹⁵ from me; for it is better²⁸⁹⁶ for me to die⁴¹⁹⁴ than to live.²⁴¹⁶

Then said⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ Doest thou well³¹⁹⁰ to be angry?²⁷³⁴

So Jonah³¹²⁴ went out³³¹⁸ of the city,⁵⁸⁹² and sat³⁴²⁷ on the east side⁶⁹²⁴ of the city,⁵⁸⁹² and there made⁶²¹³ him a booth,⁵⁵²¹ and sat³⁴²⁷ under it in the shadow,⁶⁷³⁸ till he might see⁷²⁰⁰ what would become of the city.⁵⁸⁹²

And Yahweh³⁰⁶⁸ Elohim⁴³⁰ prepared⁴⁴⁸⁷ a gourd,⁷⁰²¹ and made it to come up⁵⁹²⁷ over Jonah,³¹²⁴ that it might be a shadow⁶⁷³⁸ over his head,⁷²¹⁸ to deliver⁵³³⁷ him from his grief.⁷⁴⁵¹ So Jonah³¹²⁴ was exceeding¹⁴¹⁹ glad⁸⁰⁵⁵ of the gourd.⁷⁰²¹

But Elohim⁴³⁰ prepared⁴⁴⁸⁷ a worm⁸⁴³⁸ when the morning⁷⁸³⁷ rose⁵⁹²⁷ the next day,⁴²⁸³ and it smote⁵²²¹ the gourd⁷⁰²¹ that it withered.³⁰⁰¹

And it came to pass, when the sun⁸¹²¹ did arise,²²²⁴ that Elohim⁴³⁰ prepared⁴⁴⁸⁷ a vehement²⁷⁵⁹ east⁶⁹²¹ wind;⁷³⁰⁷ and the sun⁸¹²¹ beat⁵²²¹ upon the head⁷²¹⁸ of Jonah,³¹²⁴ that he fainted,⁵⁹⁶⁸ and wished⁷⁵⁹² in himself⁵³¹⁵ to die,⁴¹⁹¹ and said,⁵⁵⁹ It is better²⁸⁹⁶ for me to die⁴¹⁹⁴ than to live.²⁴¹⁶

And Elohim⁴³⁰ said⁵⁵⁹ to Jonah,³¹²⁴ Doest thou well³¹⁹⁰ to be angry²⁷³⁴ for the gourd?⁷⁰²¹ And he said,⁵⁵⁹ I do well³¹⁹⁰ to be angry,²⁷³⁴ even unto death.⁴¹⁹⁴

Then said⁵⁵⁹ Yahweh,³⁰⁶⁸ Thou hast had pity²³⁴⁷ on the gourd,⁷⁰²¹ for the which thou hast not laboured,⁵⁹⁹⁸ neither madest it grow;¹⁴³¹ which came up in a night,¹¹²¹ and perished⁶ in a night:¹¹²¹

And should not I spare²³⁴⁷ Nineveh,⁵²¹⁰ that great¹⁴¹⁹ city,⁵⁸⁹² wherein are³⁴²⁶ more⁷²³⁵ than sixscore⁸¹⁴⁷ thousand⁷²³⁹ persons¹²⁰ that cannot discern³⁰⁴⁵ between their right hand³²²⁵ and their left hand;⁸⁰⁴⁰ and also much⁷²²⁷ cattle?⁹²⁹