American Standard Version
"And 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. "
— Jonah 4:9, American Standard Version
“And 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.”
“God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?" He said, "I am right to be angry, even to death."”
“God said to Jonah,“Are you really so very angry about the little plant?” And he said,“I am as angry as I could possibly be!””
“And the Lord said to Jonah: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto death.”
“And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.”
“And 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.”
And Jehovah God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
And 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.
And Jehovah said, Thou hast had regard for the gourd, for which thou hast not labored, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
and should not I have regard for 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?