# Jonah 4.2 **Book:** [Jonah](/codex/jonah/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. > > **2. And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.** > > 3. Therefore now, O Jehovah, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 4. And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry? (Jonah 4:1-4, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry. > > **2. He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.** > > 3. Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.” 4. Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?” (Jonah 4:1-4, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. > > **2. 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.** > > 3. Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. 4. Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? Doest: or, Art thou greatly angry? (Jonah 4:1-4, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 1. And it is grievous unto Jonah, a great evil, and he is displeased at it; > > **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, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?** > > 3. And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better [is] my death than my life.' 4. And Jehovah saith, 'Is doing good displeasing to thee?' (Jonah 4:1-4, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [OT vs NT God Objection Defeater](/codex/ot-vs-nt-god-objection-defeater/) **Concepts:** - [100 Verses of Compassion and God's Goodness](/codex/100-verses-of-compassion-and-gods-goodness/) - [Divine Impassibility](/codex/divine-impassibility/) - [Verses on Gods Goodness and Human Worth](/codex/verses-on-gods-goodness-and-human-worth/) **Lexicon:** - [H2580 - chen](/codex/h2580-chen/) - [H2617 - hesed](/codex/h2617-hesed/) - [H7356 - rachamim](/codex/h7356-rachamim/) **Passages:** - [Exodus 34.6-7](/codex/exodus-34-6-7/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.