Jonah 4
- 1But it displeased Jonah greatly, and he was very angry.
- 2And he prayed to the Lord, and said, I ask you, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish. For I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and you repent of the evil.
- 3Therefore now, O Lord, take, I urge you, my life from me. For it is better for me to die than to live.
- 4Then the Lord said, Do you do well to be angry?
- 5So 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.
- 6And 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 very glad of the gourd.
- 7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it struck the gourd that it withered.
- 8When the sun arose, God prepared a vehement east wind, and the sun beat on the head of Jonah, so that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
- 9And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.
- 10Then the Lord said, You have had pity on the gourd, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night.
- 11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Jonah 4 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVBut it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
GIGAKJVBut it displeased Jonah greatly, and he was very angry.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he prayed to the Lord, and said, I ask you, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before to Tarshish. For I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and you repent of the evil.
KJVTherefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
GIGAKJVTherefore now, O Lord, take, I urge you, my life from me. For it is better for me to die than to live.
KJVThen said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?
GIGAKJVThen the Lord said, Do you do well to be angry?
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd 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 very glad of the gourd.
KJVBut God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
GIGAKJVBut God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it struck the gourd that it withered.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVWhen the sun arose, God prepared a vehement east wind, and the sun beat on the head of Jonah, so that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.
KJVThen 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:
GIGAKJVThen the Lord said, You have had pity on the gourd, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?
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