 | Patrick Fairbairn - 1849 - 288 pages
...connexion with the disappointment he experienced at the preservation of Nineveh :—" 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... | |
 | Robert Mimpriss - 1849 - 606 pages
...not this my saying, when 1 wa» yet in my country? Therefore 1 fled before unto Tarshiih : for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repent est thee of the evil. 3 Therefore now, O Loan, take, I beseech ihee, my... | |
 | Henry Thomas Rees - 1850 - 644 pages
...third day, — he had understanding to know, nevertheless, as well as to declare, the truth, saying, " Thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger,...of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil." (Jonah iv. 2.) But, if danger be nigh upon the waters, Grod is nigh likewise — not far from any sailor... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - 1850 - 702 pages
...it came to pass according to his belief; "Jonah prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray Thee, Lord, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country ? Therefore I fled ; for I knew Thou wert a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentcst... | |
 | 1850 - 632 pages
...grieved or vexed). And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, О Lord, was not this my Baying, when I was yet in my country ? Therefore I fled before unto Turshish : for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness,... | |
 | William King Tweedie - 1850 - 250 pages
...Jehovah were God. But consider this prayer in detail, and notice how Jonah refers to his former flight, " Was not this my saying when I was yet in my country?" Instead of being ashamed and confounded because of that sin, he now obliquely defends it. He vindicates... | |
 | Charles Augustus Goodrich - 1851 - 396 pages
...Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. And he prayed unto tb« 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, Ac.—Jonah iv. 1—3. " YE know not what manner of spirit... | |
 | George Gilfillan - 1851 - 398 pages
...satisfied with my flesh?" Or listen to Jonah's irony, thrown up in the very nostrils of Jehovah — "I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to. anger, and of great kindness, and repentest theeof the evil; therefore, now, 0 Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me." These expressions,... | |
 | Archibald Gardner - 1852 - 176 pages
...this was made to Jonah. Had such a thing happened, that prophet would not have had occasion to say, "Was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country ? for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful; slow to anger, and of great kindness, and... | |
 | 1853 - 244 pages
...Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, Q O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country ? Therefore I fled bofore unto Tarshish : for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of... | |
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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. 
