Jonah 4:1

But Jonah was very deeply grieved, and he was confounded.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

In Context

2And he prayed to the Lord, and said, O Lord, were not these my words when I was yet in my land? therefore I made haste to flee to Tarshish; because I knew that thou art merciful and compassionate, long-suffering, and abundant in kindness, and repentest of evil.

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Cross References

Jonah 4:9And God said to Jonah, Art thou very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am very much grieved, even to death.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 4:1

We read, with a great deal of pleasure, in the close of the foregoing chapter, concerning the repentance of Nineveh; but in this chapter we read, with a great deal of uneasiness, concerning the sin of Jonah; and, as there is joy in heaven and earth for the conversion of sinners, so there is grief for the follies and infirmities of saints. In all the book of God we scarcely find a "servant of the Lord" (and such a one we are sure Jonah was, for the scripture calls him so) so very much out of temper as he is here,… Read the whole commentary →

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