Jonah 4:2 - Douy-Rheims Bible Challoner Revision

² 0 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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² And he prayed to the Lord and said, I pray You, O Lord, is not this just what I said when I was still in my country? That is why I fled to Tarshish, for I knew that You are a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and [when sinners turn to You and meet Your conditions] You revoke the [sentence of] evil against them. [Exod. 34:6.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

² He prayed to the LORD, “Come on, LORD! Wasn’t this precisely my point when I was back in my own land? This is why I fled to Tarshish earlier! I know that you are a merciful and compassionate God, very patient, full of faithful love, and willing not to destroy.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And he prayed to the Lord, and he said, "I beg you, Lord, was this not my word, when I was still in my own land? Because of this, I knew beforehand to flee into Tarshish. For I know that you are a lenient and merciful God, patient and great in compassion, and forgiving despite ill will.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² 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.

Jonah 4:2 Cross References

1 Kings 19:4

And when he was come thither, he abode in a cave: and behold the word of the Lord came unto him, and he said to him: What dost thou here, Elias?

Psalm 103:8

5 man's days are as grass, as the flower of the field so shall he flourish.

Psalm 145:8

5 The eyes of all hope in thee, O Lord: and thou givest them meat in due season.

Psalm 78:38

5 He sent amongst them divers sores of flies, which devoured them: and frogs which destroyed them.

Psalm 86:15

Shall not Sion say: This man and that man is born in her? and the Highest himself hath founded her.

Psalm 86:5

2 I will praise thee, O Lord my God: with my whole heart, and I will glorify thy name for ever:

Psalm 90:13

For he hath delivered me from the snare of the hunters: and from the sharp word.

Exodus 32:14

7 And Josue hearing the noise of the people shouting, said to Moses: The noise of battle is heard in the camp.

Jeremiah 18:8

6 That their land might be given up to desolation, and to a perpetual hissing: every one that shall pass by it, shall be astonished, and wag his head.

Jeremiah 20:7

5 Cursed be the man that brought the tidings to my father, saying: A man child is born to thee: and made him greatly rejoice.

Jeremiah 26:13

1 And Joakim, and all his men in power, and his princes heard these words: and the king sought to put him to death. And Urias heard it, and was afraid, and fled and went into Egypt.

Jeremiah 42:10

8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: As my anger and my indignation hath been kindled against the inhabitants of Jerusalem: so shall my indignation be kindled against you, when you shall enter into Egypt, and you shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach: and you shall see this place no more.

Amos 7:3

1 For thus saith Amos: Jeroboam shall die by the sword, and Israel shall be carried away captive out of their own land.

Amos 7:6

4 And Amos answered and said to Amasias: I am not a prophet, nor am I the son of a prophet: but I am a herdsman plucking wild figs.

Jonah 1:3

1 And they said to him: What shall we do to thee, that the sea may be calm to us? for the sea flowed and swelled.

Jonah 3:10

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.

Jonah 3:9

But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and it withered.

Micah 7:18

Who can stand before the face of his indignation? and who shall resist in the fierceness of his anger? his indignation is poured out like fire: and the rocks are melted by him.

Luke 10:29

7 But he said: He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: Go, and do thou in like manner.

Deuteronomy 4:31

6 From heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might teach thee. And upon earth he shewed thee his exceeding great fire, and thou didst hear his words out of the midst of the fire,