| 4:1 | Jonah's Anger and God's KindnessGod's Lesson to Jonah But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. |
| 4:2 | So he prayed to the LORD, and said, "Ah, LORD, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm. |
| 4:3 | Therefore now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!" |
| 4:4 | Then the LORD said, "Is it right for you to be angry?" |
| 4:5 | So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city. |
| 4:6 | And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. |
| 4:7 | But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered. |
| 4:8 | And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live." |
| 4:9 | Then God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "It is right for me to be angry, even to death!" |
| 4:10 | But the LORD said, "You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night. |
| 4:11 | And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left--and much livestock?" |