{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/jonah/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-31T13:47:36.038Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Jonah","bookSlug":"jonah","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":null,"totalChapters":4,"totalVerses":11},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jonas was exceedingly troubled, and was angry: "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And he prayed to the Lord, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord, is not this what I said, when I was yet in my own country? therefore I went before to flee into Tharsis: for I know that thou art a gracious and merciful God, patient, and of much compassion, and easy to forgive evil. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And now, O Lord, I beseech thee take my life from me: for it is better for me to die than to live. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And the Lord said: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry? "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Then Jonas went out of the city, and sat toward the east side of the city: and he made himself a booth there, and he sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would befall the city. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, and to cover him (for he was fatigued): and Jonas was exceeding glad of the ivy. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and it withered. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And when the sun was risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonas, and he broiled with the heat: and he desired for his soul that he might die, and said: It is better for me to die than to live. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And the Lord said to Jonas: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto death. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And the Lord said: Thou art grieved for the ivy, for which thou hast not laboured, nor made it to grow, which in one night came up, and in one night perished. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And shall not I spare Ninive, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that know not how to distinguish between their right hand and their left, and many beasts?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Jonah 4 (DRB)","markdown":"[Jonah 4](https://primebible.com/drb/jonah/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/jonah/4 (accessed 2026-05-31)."}}