1. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was 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 hasted to flee unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and full of compassion, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy, 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. And the Lord said, Doest thou well to be angry?