CHAP. IV.
1 BUT a it b displeased c Jonah exceeding∣ly d, and he was very angry e.
2 And he prayed f unto the LORD, and said g, I pray thee, O LORD h, was not this my saying i, when I was yet in my own countrey k? Therefore I fled l before unto Tarshish m: for I knew n that thou art a gracious o God, and merciful p? slow to anger q, and of great kind∣ness r, and repentest thee of the evil s.
3 Therefore t now u, O LORD x take I beseech thee, my life from me y: for it is better z for me to die than to live †?
4 ¶ Then a said b the LORD c, ‖ Doest thou well to be angry d?
5 So e Jonah went out of the city f and sate g on the east-side of the city h, and there made him a booth i, and sat under it in the sha∣dow k, till he might see what would become of the city l.
6 And the LORD God prepared m a ‖ † gourd n, and made it to come up o over Jonah,