Jonah 4:9

God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”

World English 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

8When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

10The LORD said, “You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night and perished in a night.

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Cross References

Genesis 4:5but he didn’t respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell.

Judges 16:16When she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, his soul was troubled to death.

Job 5:2For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.

Job 40:4“Behold, I am of small account. What will I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth.

2 Corinthians 7:10For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.

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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