Jonah 4:9

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonah, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

10And the Lord said, Thou hadst pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not suffered, neither didst thou rear it; which came up before night, and perished before another night:

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Cross References

Genesis 4:5but Cain and his sacrifices he regarded not, and Cain was exceedingly sorrowful and his countenance fell.

Judges 16:16And it came to pass as she pressed him sore with her words continually, and straitened him, that his spirit failed almost to death.

Job 5:2For wrath destroys the foolish one, 1 And envy slays him that has gone astray. 1

Job 40:4Why do I yet plead? being rebuked even while reproving the Lord: 1 Hearing such things, whereas I am nothing: 1 And what shall I answer to these arguments? 1 I will lay my hand upon my mouth. 1

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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