Jonah 4:9

And God said to Jonah, Do thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

In Context

8And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live

10And LORD said, Thou have had regard for the gourd, for which thou have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:5but he did not have respect to Cain and to his offering. And Cain was very angry, and his countenance fell.

Judges 16:16And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was vexed to death.

Job 5:2For vexation kills the foolish man, and jealousy slays the silly one.

Job 40:4Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer thee? I lay my hand upon my mouth.

2 Corinthians 7:10For sorrow toward God works repentance for salvation without regret, but the sorrow of the world works death.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 4:6-11

The Prophet's Discontent; The Withering of the Prophet's Gourd; God's Remonstrance with Jonah. ( b. c. 840.) 5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 6 And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning… Read the whole commentary →

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