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Jonah 4:9

Jonah
AngerPride

7 When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

8 As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

10 But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.

11 So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”

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BSB
Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
KJV
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.
WEB
God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death.
BLB
And God said to Jonah, “Is [it] right for you to be hot about the qiqayon?” And he said, “[It is] right; it burns in me, even to death!”
ÅB
Men Gud sa til Jonas: Er det med rette din vrede er tent opp for kikajontreets skyld? Han svarte: Ja, med rette er min vrede tent opp inntil døden.
OTB
Men Gud sa til Jona: «Er det rett av deg å være sint på grunn av planten?» «Det er det,» svarte han. «Jeg er så sint at jeg kunne dø.»
B1930
Men Gud sa til Jonas: Er det med rette din vrede er optendt for kikajontreets skyld? Han svarte: Ja, med rette er min vrede optendt inntil døden.

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