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The Great Bible 1539
| 4:1 | Therfore Ionas was sore dyscontent and angrie. |
| 4:2 | And he prayed vnto the Lorde, and sayde: O Lorde, was not thys my sayinge (I praye the) when I was yet in my countre? therfore I hasted rather to fle vnto Tharsis, for I knowe wel ynough that thou art a mercyfull God, full of compassyon, longe sufferyng, and of great kyndnes and repentest when thou shuldest take punyshment, |
| 4:3 | And now O Lord, take my lyfe fro me (I beseche the) for I had rather dye then lyue. |
| 4:4 | Then sayde the Lord: art thou so angrie? |
| 4:5 | And Ionas gat hym out of the cytie, and satt downe on the east syde therof: and there made hym a booth, and sat vnder it in the shadowe, tyll he myght se, what shulde chaunce vnto the cytie. |
| 4:6 | And the Lord God prepared a wylde vyne, whych sprange vp ouer Ionas, that he myght haue shadowe aboue his head, to delyuer hym out of his payne. And Ionas was excedynge glad of the wylde vyne. |
| 4:7 | But vpon the nexte morowe agaynst the spryng of the daye. The Lord ordened a worme, whych smote the wylde vyne, so that it wythered awaye. |
| 4:8 | And when the Sunne was vp, God prepared a feruent east wynde: & the Sunne bett ouer the head of Ionas, that he faynted agayne, & wysshed vnto his soule, that he myght dye, and sayd: It is better for me to dye, then to lyue. |
| 4:9 | And God sayd vnto Ionas: Art thou so angrie for the wylde vyne? And he sayd: yee, very angrie am I, euen vnto the deeth. |
| 4:10 | And the Lord sayd: thou hast compassion vpon a wylde vyne, wheron thou bestowdest no laboure: ner madest it growe whych sprange vp in one nyght & peryshed in another: |
| 4:11 | And shulde not I then haue compassyon vpon Niniue that greate cytie, wherin there are aboue an .C. & .xx. thousand personnes, that knowe not theyr ryght hand from the lefte, besydes moch catell? |
The Great Bible 1539
The Great Bible of 1539 was the first authorized edition of the Bible in English, authorized by King Henry VIII of England to be read aloud in the church services of the Church of England. The Great Bible was prepared by Myles Coverdale, working under commission of Thomas, Lord Cromwell, Secretary to Henry VIII and Vicar General. In 1538, Cromwell directed the clergy to provide "one book of the bible of the largest volume in English, and the same set up in some convenient place within the said church that ye have care of, whereas your parishioners may most commodiously resort to the same and read it."