Jonah 4:9

And Elohim said to Yonah: Doest thou well to be angry for the climbing gourd? And he said: I do well to be angry, even unto mot (death).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 shemesh did arise, that Elohim prepared a vehement scorching east ruach (wind); and the shemesh beat upon the rosh Yonah, that he grew faint, and wanted to + 4:8 Moshiach is the Navi like Moshe, the Navi like Yonah, whom Mavet swallows and then vomits up so that he can divide the spoil with those whose chet he bears away to death like the Yom Kippur scapegoat (see Isa 53:12 ). die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

10Then said Hashem: Thou hast had pity on the climbing gourd, though thou hast not labored for it, neither madest it grow; which came up a ben lailah, and perished a ben lailah;

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Cross References

Genesis 4:5But unto Kayin and to his minchah He had not regard. And Kayin 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, so that his nefesh was vexed unto death;

Job 5:2For ka'as (anger) killeth the foolish man, 1 and kinah (envy) slayeth the simple one. 1

Job 40:4See, I am vile; what shall I answer Thee? 1 I will lay mine yad upon my mouth. 1

2 Corinthians 7:10For the agmat nefesh that is according to Hashem produces teshuva to Yeshu'at Eloheinu, not to be regretted, but the agmat nefesh of the Olam Hazeh produces mavet. + 7:10 Mt 27:3-5; MJ 12:17

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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