Jonah 4:9

And God said unto Jonah, Art thou very wroth for the gourd? And he said, I am very wroth, even unto death.

Leeser Tanakh

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 made ready a hot east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint; and he wished for himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

10And the Lord said, Thou wouldst have spared the gourd, for which thou hadst not labored, neither hadst thou made it grow; which came up in one night, and perished in one night;

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Cross References

Genesis 4:5But unto Cain and to his offering he had no respect; and it was very displeasing to Cain, and his countenance fell.

Judges 16:16And it came to pass, when she worried him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul became impatient to die;

Job 5:2For vexation will prove death to a foolish man, and jealousy will slay the simple.

Job 40:4Behold, I am too vile: what shall I answer thee? my hand do I place on my mouth.

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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