But God designated a worm when dawn came the next day, and it attacked the plant and it (A)withered. And when the sun came up God designated a scorching (B)east wind, and the (C)sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint, and he begged with all his soul to die, saying, “(D)Death is better to me than life!”

But God said to Jonah, “Do you have a good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to the point of death!” 10 Then the Lord said, “You had compassion on the plant, for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which [a]came up overnight and perished [b]overnight. 11 Should I not also (E)have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 people, who do not (F)know the difference between their right hand and their left, as well as many (G)animals?”

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 4:10 Lit was a son of a night
  2. Jonah 4:10 Lit a son of a night

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