Jonah 4:2

NASB

Jonah 4:2

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New American Standard Bible

He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity.

King James Version

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.

Holman Bible

He prayed to the Lord: “Please, Lord, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own country? That’s why I fled toward Tarshish in the first place. I knew that You are a merciful and compassionate God, slow to become angry, rich in faithful love, and One who relents from sending disaster.

International Standard Version

So he prayed to the LORD, "LORD, isn't this what I said while I was still in my home country? That's why I fled previously to Tarshish, because I knew you're a compassionate God, slow to anger, overflowing with gracious love, and reluctant to send trouble.

A Conservative Version

And he prayed to LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hastened to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that thou are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundan

American Standard Version

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.

Amplified

He prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? That is why I ran to Tarshish, because I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and great in lovingkindness, and [when sinners turn to You] You revoke the [sentence of] disaster [against them].

Bible in Basic English

And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.

Darby Translation

And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, Ah, Jehovah, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I was minded to flee at first unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great loving-kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will pray to Jehovah and say, Ah, now, O Jehovah, was not this my word while I was upon my land? For this I anticipated to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that thou art merciful and compassionate, slow to anger and of much kindness, and lamenting for evil.

King James 2000

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and you relent from the destruction.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And he prayed to Yahweh and said, "O Yahweh, [was] this not {what I said} while I was in my homeland? Therefore {I originally fled} to Tarshish, because I knew that you [are] a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger {and having great steadfast love}, and one who relents concerning calamity.

Modern King James verseion

And he prayed to Jehovah and said, Please, O Jehovah, was this not my saying when I was still in my land? On account of this I fled before to Tarshish. For I knew that You are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and One who repents over calamity.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he prayed unto the LORD and said, "O LORD, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? And therefore I hasted rather to flee to Tarshish: for I knew well enough that thou wast a merciful god, full of compassion long before thou be angry, and of great mercy and repentest when thou art come to take punishment.

NET Bible

He prayed to the Lord and said, "Oh, Lord, this is just what I thought would happen when I was in my own country. This is what I tried to prevent by attempting to escape to Tarshish! -- because I knew that you are gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in mercy, and one who relents concerning threatened judgment.

New Heart English Bible

He prayed to the LORD, and said, "Please, LORD, 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.

The Emphasized Bible

So he prayed unto Yahweh, and said - Ah now! Yahweh! Was not, this, my word, while I was yet upon mine own soil? For this cause, did I hasten to flee unto Tarshish, - because I knew that, thou, art a GOD of favour and compassion, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and art grieved over calamity.

Webster

And he prayed to 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 to Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest of the evil.

World English Bible

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.

Youngs Literal Translation

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?

Themes

Anger » Instances of » Jonah, because the gourd withered

Anger of God » Is slow

Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Reveals his bigotry in lamenting the repentance of the ninevites

Presumption » Instances of » Jonah

Tarshish » Also called tharshish » Jonah would flee to

Topics

God, Patience Of

God, Repentance Of

Knowing God, Nature Of

Receptiveness

Restraint

God Is Unchangeable

God Changing His Mind

Hasty Action

Saying The Same Things

Saying Repeatedly

A Forgiving God

God Turned Back From Harming Them

Knowing God's Character

Anger And Forgiveness

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Root Form

Definition

Usage

And he prayed

H6419

פּלל
Palal

pray, made, judge, intreat, judgment, prayer, supplication, thought

Usage: 84

unto the Lord

H3068

LORD, GOD, JEHOVAH, variant

Usage: 0

and said

H559

said, speak, answer, command, tell, call, promised, .

Usage: 0

I pray

H577

אנּה אנּא
'anna'

I beseech thee, I pray thee, Oh, O

Usage: 13

thee, O Lord

H3068

LORD, GOD, JEHOVAH, variant

Usage: 0

was not this my saying

H1697

דּבר
Dabar

word, thing, matter, acts, chronicles, saying, commandment,

Usage: 1438

when I was yet in my country

H127

אדמה
'adamah

land, earth, ground, country, husbandman, husbandry

Usage: 225

Therefore I fled

H1272

בּרח
Barach

flee, ...away, chased, fain , flight, make haste, reach, shoot

Usage: 64

before

H6923

קדם
Qadam

prevent, before, met, come, disappoint, go

Usage: 26

unto Tarshish

H8659

תּרשׁישׁ
Tarshiysh

Tarshish, Tharshish

Usage: 28

for I knew

H3045

ידע
Yada`

know, known, knowledge, perceive, shew, tell, wist, understand, certainly, acknowledge, acquaintance, consider, declare, teach,

Usage: 946

that thou art a gracious

H2587

חנּוּן
Channuwn

gracious

Usage: 13

God

H410

אל
'el

God, god, power, mighty, goodly, great, idols, Immanuel , might, strong

Usage: 114

and merciful

H7349

רחוּם
Rachuwm

merciful, compassion

Usage: 13

slow

H750

ארך
'arek

slow, longsuffering , longwinged , patient

Usage: 15

to anger

H639

אף
'aph

anger, wrath, face, nostrils, nose, angry, longsuffering , before, countenance, forbearing, forehead, snout, worthy

Usage: 276

and of great

H7227

רב
Rab

many, great, much, captain, more, long, enough, multitude, mighty, greater, greatly,

Usage: 458

kindness

H2617

חסד
Checed

mercy, kindness, lovingkindness, goodness, kindly, merciful, favour, good, goodliness, pity, reproach, wicked thing

Usage: 247

and repentest

H5162

נחם
Nacham

comfort, repent, comforter, ease

Usage: 108

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Jonah Is Angry At Yahweh's Compassion

¹ But it greatly displeased Jonah and he became angry. ² He prayed to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, was not this what I said while I was still in my own country? Therefore in order to forestall this I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, and one who relents concerning calamity. ³ Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for death is better to me than life.”

Jonah 4:2

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