Revised Literal Translation

Jonah 4:8-11

8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.1

9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.2 3

10Then said Yhwh, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:4 5

11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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Notes

1. Jonah 4:8 vehement: or, silent. ↩
2. Jonah 4:9 Doest…: or, Art thou greatly angry? ↩
3. Jonah 4:9 I do well…: or, I am greatly angry. ↩
4. Jonah 4:10 had pity: or, spared. ↩
5. Jonah 4:10 came…: Heb. was the son of the night. ↩

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