Verse 10
Jonah 4:10
New Living Translation
10
Then the LORD said, “You feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing to put it there. It came quickly and died quickly.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה אַתָּ֥ה חַ֨סְתָּ֙ עַל הַ/קִּ֣יקָי֔וֹן אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא עָמַ֥לְתָּ בּ֖/וֹ וְ/לֹ֣א גִדַּלְתּ֑/וֹ שֶׁ/בִּן לַ֥יְלָה הָיָ֖ה וּ/בִן לַ֥יְלָה אָבָֽד
English Translation
And the Lord said, "You have had compassion on the plant for which you did not work, and which you did not grow; it came up in a night and perished in a night."
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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10
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