Jonah 4:8

It came about that when the sun rose the next morning, God prepared a hot east wind. Also, the sun beat down on Jonah's head and he became faint. Then Jonah wished that he might die. He said to himself, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

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In The King James Version

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

In Context

7But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.

9Then God said to Jonah, “Is it good that you are so angry about the plant?” Then Jonah said, “It is good that I am angry, even to death.”

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh was talking about when he said, 1 'I will reveal my holiness to those who come near me. 1 I will be glorified before all the people.'” Aaron did not say anything.

2 Samuel 15:25The king said to Zadok, “Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me back here and show me again the ark and the place where he lives.

1 Kings 21:4So Ahab went into his palace resentful and angry because of the answer Naboth the Jezreelite gave him when he said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my ancestors.” He lay down on his bed, turned away his face, and refused to eat any food.

Job 7:15so that I would choose strangling 1 and death rather than preserving these bones of mine. 1

Psalms 121:6The sun will not harm you by day, 1 nor the moon by night. 1

Song of Solomon 1:6Do not stare at me because I am dark, 1 because the sun has scorched me. 1 My mother's sons were angry with me; 1 they made me keeper of the vineyards, 1 but my own vineyard I have not kept. The woman speaking to the man 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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