Then were the men exceedingly afraid and said unto him, "Why didst thou so?" For they knew that he was fled from the presence of the LORD, because he had told them.

And I thought that I had been cast away out of thy sight. But I will yet again look toward thy holy temple.

The water compassed me even unto the very soul of me; the deep lay about me, and the weeds were wrapped about mine head.

Now therefore take my life from me, for I had better die than live."

And the LORD prepared as it were a wild vine which sprang up over Jonah, that he might have shadow over his head, to deliver him out of his pain. And Jonah was exceeding glad of the wild vine.

And as soon as the sun was up, God prepared a fervent east wind: so that the sun beat over the head of Jonah, that he fainted again and wished unto his soul that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."