So the Lord God designated a [a]plant, and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head, to [b]relieve him of his discomfort. And Jonah [c]was overjoyed about the plant. But God designated a worm when dawn came the next day, and it attacked the plant and it (A)withered. And when the sun came up God designated a scorching (B)east wind, and the (C)sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he became faint, and he begged with all his soul to die, saying, “(D)Death is better to me than life!”

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 4:6 Prob. a castor oil plant, and so throughout the ch
  2. Jonah 4:6 Lit save him from
  3. Jonah 4:6 Lit rejoiced with great joy

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