Jonah 4:1
Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
2 So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.
3 And now, O LORD, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.
- KJV
- But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
- WEB
- But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
- ASV
- But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
- DARBY
- And it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.
- BLB
- And it was evil to Jonah—a great evil—and he became hot at it.
- ÅB
- Men det syntes Jonas meget ille om, og hans vrede ble opptent.
- OTB
- Men Jona syntes dette var meget ille, og han ble sint.
- B1930
- Men det syntes Jonas meget ille om, og hans vrede optendtes.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jonah 4:9
Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
Read in contextLuke 15:28
The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.
Read in contextMatthew 20:15
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Read in contextJonah 4:4
But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
Read in contextLuke 7:39
When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”
Read in contextJames 4:5–6
Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
Read in contextActs 13:46
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
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