Jonah 4

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

But Jonah was extremely unhappy and very mad.

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.

He talked to God, saying, "God, didn't I say this when I was still in my homeland? That's why I ran away to Tarshish. You are a kind and forgiving God, slow to get angry and very compassionate, so you change your mind about punishing people."

Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

So now, Lord, please take my life away, because living is harder than dying for me.

Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

Then God asked, "Is it good for you to be angry?"

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.

Jonah left the city and sat on its east side. He built a shelter and stayed under it in the shade. He watched to see what happened to the city.

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.

Then God created a plant and caused it to grow over Jonah, providing shade for him. This helped Jonah feel better from his sadness. Jonah was very happy about the plant.

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

But God made a bug for the next morning, and it hurt the plant so it dried up.

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.

Then, when the sun rose, God caused a strong east wind to blow on Jonah, making the sun beat down on him. Jonah became very weak, wanted to die, and thought it would be better to die than to continue living.

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.

And God asked Jonah, "Is it right for you to be upset about the plant?" He replied, "Yes, I have every right to be upset, even if it kills me."

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:

Then God said, "You showed kindness to the pumpkin plant, even though you didn't work hard for it or make it grow. It grew quickly in one night but also disappeared in one night."

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

Shouldn't I save Nineveh, the huge city, with over 90,000 people who can't tell their right hand from their left hand, along with many animals?