Verse 8
Jonah 4:8
Darby Translation
8
And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God (Elohim) prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, so that he fainted; and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֣י כִּ/זְרֹ֣חַ הַ/שֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ וַ/יְמַ֨ן אֱלֹהִ֜ים ר֤וּחַ קָדִים֙ חֲרִישִׁ֔ית וַ/תַּ֥ךְ הַ/שֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ עַל רֹ֥אשׁ יוֹנָ֖ה וַ/יִּתְעַלָּ֑ף וַ/יִּשְׁאַ֤ל אֶת נַפְשׁ/וֹ֙ לָ/מ֔וּת וַ/יֹּ֕אמֶר ט֥וֹב מוֹתִ֖/י מֵ/חַיָּֽ/י
English Translation
And when the sun rose, God appointed a still east wind, and the sun struck Jonah's head, and he fainted and asked for his soul to die, and he said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
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Chapter 4 Context
1
And it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
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And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my count...
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And now, Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live...
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4
And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?
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And Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, an...
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6
And Jehovah Elohim prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade ove...
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7
But God (Elohim) prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it...
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8
And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God (Elohim) prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun...
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And God (Elohim) said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to...
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10
And Jehovah said, Thou hast pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it g...
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11
and I, should not I have pity on Nineveh, the great city, wherein are more than a hundred and twenty...
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