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Today's Date: ======= Jonah 4:1 ============ Jon 4:1 But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry. (nasb) Jon 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.(kjv) Jon 4:1 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry.(nkjv) ======= Jonah 4:2 ============ Jon 4:2 He prayed to the Lord and said, "Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. (nasb) Jon 4:2 And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.(kjv) Jon 4:2 So he prayed to the Lord, and said, "Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm.(nkjv) ======= Jonah 4:3 ============ Jon 4:3 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life."(nasb) Jon 4:3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.(kjv) Jon 4:3 Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!"(nkjv) ======= Jonah 4:4 ============ Jon 4:4 The Lord said, "Do you have good reason to be angry?"(nasb) Jon 4:4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?(kjv) Jon 4:4 Then the Lord said, "Is it right for you to be angry?"(nkjv) ======= Jonah 4:5 ============ Jon 4:5 Then Jonah went out from the city and sat east of it. There he made a shelter for himself and sat under it in the shade until he could see what would happen in the city. (nasb) Jon 4:5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.(kjv) Jon 4:5 So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city.(nkjv) ======= Jonah 4:6 ============ Jon 4:6 So the Lord God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant. (nasb) Jon 4:6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.(kjv) Jon 4:6 And the Lord God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant.(nkjv) ======= Jonah 4:7 ============ Jon 4:7 But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered. (nasb) Jon 4:7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.(kjv) Jon 4:7 But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.(nkjv) ======= Jonah 4:8 ============ Jon 4:8 When the sun came up God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah's head so that he became faint and begged with all his soul to die, saying, "Death is better to me than life."(nasb) Jon 4:8 And 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.(kjv) Jon 4:8 And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."(nkjv) ======= Jonah 4:9 ============ Jon 4:9 Then God said to Jonah," Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "I have good reason to be angry, even to death."(nasb) Jon 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.(kjv) Jon 4:9 Then God said to Jonah, "Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?" And he said, "It is right for me to be angry, even to death!"(nkjv) ======= Jonah 4:10 ============ Jon 4:10 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 came up overnight and perished overnight. (nasb) Jon 4:10 Then 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:(kjv) Jon 4:10 But the Lord said, "You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night.(nkjv) ======= Jonah 4:11 ============ Jon 4:11 Should I not have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many animals?" (nasb) Jon 4:11 And 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?(kjv) Jon 4:11 And should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left--and much livestock?"(nkjv) |
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