Jonah 4:9
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.In other versions
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.
ASV
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.
BBE
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death.
DBY
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."
WEB
And God saith unto Jonah: `Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, `To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'
YLT
And God said to Jonah, Do you well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
ENG
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.
WBT
Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
BSB
In context
7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
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.
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.
10Then said the LORD, 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:
11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
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