NET Bible
"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!”"
— Jonah 4:9, NET Bible
“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 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."”
“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.”
The LORD God appointed a little plant and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue him from his misery. Now Jonah was very delighted about the little plant.
So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.
When the sun began to shine, God sent a hot east wind. So the sun beat down on Jonah’s head, and he grew faint. So he despaired of life, and said,“I would rather die than live!”
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!”
The LORD said,“You were upset about this little plant, something for which you have not worked nor did you do anything to make it grow. It grew up overnight and died the next day.
Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!”