⁴ and Ahab cometh in unto his house, sulky and wroth, because of the word that Naboth the Jezreelite hath spoken unto him when he saith, `I do not give to thee the inheritance of my fathers,' and he lieth down on his bed, and turneth round his face, and hath not eaten bread.

⁴³ and the king of Israel goeth unto his house, sulky and wroth, and cometh in to Samaria.

¹⁴ and each one is tempted, by his own desires being led away and enticed,

²⁷ neither give place to the devil;

⁹ Wo `to' him who is gaining evil gain for his house, To set on high his nest, To be delivered from the hand of evil,

¹⁰ Thou hast counselled a shameful thing to thy house, To cut off many peoples, and sinful `is' thy soul.

¹¹ For a stone from the wall doth cry out, And a holdfast from the wood answereth it.

¹² Wo `to' him who is building a city by blood, And establishing a city by iniquity.

⁹ And God saith unto Jonah: `Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, `To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'

¹ And it is grievous unto Jonah -- a great evil -- and he is displeased at it;

²⁰ And the wicked `are' as the driven out sea, For to rest it is not able, And its waters cast out filth and mire.

²¹ There is no peace, said my God, to the wicked!

⁸ Better `is' the latter end of a thing than its beginning, Better `is' the patient of spirit, than the haughty of spirit.

⁹ Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry, For anger in the bosom of fools resteth.

⁹ Better `is' the sight of the eyes than the going of the soul. This also `is' vanity and vexation of spirit.

² For provocation slayeth the perverse, And envy putteth to death the simple,

³ And Naboth saith unto Ahab, `Far be it from me, by Jehovah, my giving the inheritance of my fathers to thee;'

⁴ and saith to him, `Wherefore `art' thou thus lean, O king's son, morning by morning? dost thou not declare to me?' And Amnon saith to him, `Tamar -- sister of Absalom my brother -- I am loving.'

² And Amnon hath distress -- even to become sick, because of Tamar his sister, for she `is' a virgin, and it is hard in the eyes of Amnon to do anything to her.

¹³ And Balaam riseth in the morning, and saith unto the princes of Balak, `Go unto your land, for Jehovah is refusing to suffer me to go with you;'

¹⁴ and the princes of Moab rise, and come in unto Balak, and say, `Balaam is refusing to come with us.'

⁵ and unto Cain and unto his present He hath not looked; and it is very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance is fallen.

⁶ And Jehovah saith unto Cain, `Why hast thou displeasure? and why hath thy countenance fallen?

⁷ Is there not, if thou dost well, acceptance? and if thou dost not well, at the opening a sin-offering is crouching, and unto thee its desire, and thou rulest over it.'

⁸ And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, ``Let us go into the field;'' and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.