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Jonah 4:7-9
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7 So God appointed a worm at daybreak[a] the next day, and it attacked the plant, and it withered. 8 And when the sun rose,[b] God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head and he grew faint. And he asked that he could die[c] and said, “My death is better than my life!” 9 So God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry[d] about the plant?” And he said, “It is right for me to be angry enough to die!”[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 4:7 Literally “at the coming up of the dawn”
  2. Jonah 4:8 Literally “and it happened at the rising of the sun”
  3. Jonah 4:8 Literally “and he asked his soul to die”
  4. Jonah 4:9 Literally “rightfully is it hot for you”; some take this to mean “Are you so very angry?” (Targum Jonah 4:4; see also JPS, NEB, NET)
  5. Jonah 4:9 Literally “Rightfully it is hot for me until death”
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