Jonah 4:10

וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אַתָּה חַסְתָּ עַל ־ הַקִּיקָיוֹן אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ עָמַלְתָּ בּוֹ וְלֹא גִדַּלְתּוֹ שֶׁבִּן ־ לַיְלָה הָיָה וּבִן ־ לַיְלָה אָבָֽד ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

In Context

9וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים אֶל ־ יוֹנָה הַהֵיטֵב חָרָֽה ־ לְךָ עַל ־ הַקִּֽיקָיוֹן וַיֹּאמֶר הֵיטֵב חָֽרָה ־ לִי עַד ־ מָֽוֶת ׃

11וַֽאֲנִי לֹא אָחוּס עַל ־ נִינְוֵה הָעִיר הַגְּדוֹלָה אֲשֶׁר יֶשׁ ־ בָּהּ הַרְבֵּה מִֽשְׁתֵּים ־ עֶשְׂרֵה רִבּוֹ אָדָם אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא ־ יָדַע בֵּין ־ יְמִינוֹ לִשְׂמֹאלוֹ וּבְהֵמָה רַבָּֽה ׃

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Cross References

Genesis 17:12וּבֶן ־ שְׁמֹנַת יָמִים יִמּוֹל לָכֶם כָּל ־ זָכָר לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם יְלִיד בָּיִת וּמִקְנַת ־ כֶּסֶף מִכֹּל בֶּן ־ נֵכָר אֲשֶׁר לֹא מִֽזַּרְעֲךָ הֽוּא ׃

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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