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Jonah 4:7-9
Lexham English Bible
Jonah 4:7-9
Lexham English Bible
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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- Jonah 4:7 Literally “at the coming up of the dawn”
- Jonah 4:8 Literally “and it happened at the rising of the sun”
- Jonah 4:8 Literally “and he asked his soul to die”
- 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)
- Jonah 4:9 Literally “Rightfully it is hot for me until death”
Jonah 4:7-9
New International Version
Jonah 4:7-9
New International Version
7 But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.(A) 8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die,(B) and said, “It would be better for me to die than to live.”
9 But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”(C)
“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”
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