Verse 2
Jonah 4:2
Young's Literal Translation
2
and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, 'I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land -- therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish -- that I have known that Thou [art] a God (Elohim), gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּתְפַּלֵּ֨ל אֶל יְהוָ֜ה וַ/יֹּאמַ֗ר אָנָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ הֲ/לוֹא זֶ֣ה דְבָרִ֗/י עַד הֱיוֹתִ/י֙ עַל אַדְמָתִ֔/י עַל כֵּ֥ן קִדַּ֖מְתִּי לִ/בְרֹ֣חַ תַּרְשִׁ֑ישָׁ/ה כִּ֣י יָדַ֗עְתִּי כִּ֤י אַתָּה֙ אֵֽל חַנּ֣וּן וְ/רַח֔וּם אֶ֤רֶךְ אַפַּ֨יִם֙ וְ/רַב חֶ֔סֶד וְ/נִחָ֖ם עַל הָ/רָעָֽה
English Translation
And he prayed to the LORD and said, "Oh, LORD, is this not my word when I was still in my land? Therefore I hastened to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in steadfast love, and You relent from disaster."
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Chapter 4 Context
1
And it is grievous unto Jonah -- a great evil -- and he is displeased at it;
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and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, 'I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was...
3
And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.'
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4
And Jehovah saith, 'Is doing good displeasing to thee?'
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5
And Jonah goeth forth from the city, and sitteth on the east of the city, and maketh to himself ther...
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6
And Jehovah God (Elohim) appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade ove...
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7
And God (Elohim) appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gou...
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8
And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God (Elohim) appointeth a cutting east wind...
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9
And God (Elohim) saith unto Jonah: 'Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he...
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10
And Jehovah saith, 'Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou didst not labour, neither didst...
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11
and I -- have not I pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than twelve myriads of...
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