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Jonah 4:10 But the LORD said, "You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.
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It sprang up overnight and died overnight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jonah/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “You feel sorry about the plant, though you did nothing to put it there. It came quickly and died quickly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jonah/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jonah/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jonah/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jonah/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But the LORD said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jonah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “You had compassion on the plant, for which you did not work and <i>which</i> you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jonah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jonah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work, and <i>which</i> you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jonah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Yahweh said, “You had pity on the plant for which you did not work and <i>which</i> you did not cause to grow, which came to be overnight and perished overnight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jonah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jonah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you did not labor over and did not grow. It appeared in a night and perished in a night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jonah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the LORD said, “You cared about the plant, which you did not labor over and did not grow. It appeared in a night and perished in a night. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jonah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah said, Thou hast had regard for the gourd, for which thou hast not labored, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jonah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But the LORD said: You are concerned about a vine that you did not plant or take care of, a vine that grew up in one night and died the next. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jonah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said, 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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jonah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD replied, "This plant grew up overnight and died overnight. You didn't plant it or make it grow. Yet, you feel sorry for this plant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jonah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said to him, "This plant grew up in one night and disappeared the next; you didn't do anything for it and you didn't make it grow--yet you feel sorry for it! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jonah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But the LORD asked, "You cared about a vine plant that you neither worked on nor cultivated? A vine plant that grew up overnight and died overnight? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jonah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But the LORD said, ?You cared about the plant, which you neither tended nor made grow. It sprang up in a night and perished in a night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jonah/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said, "You were upset about this little plant, something for which you have not worked nor did you do anything to make it grow. It grew up overnight and died the next day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jonah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jonah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jonah/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh 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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jonah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH says, “You have had pity on the gourd, for which you did not labor, neither did you nourish it, which came up [as] a son of night, and perished [as] a son of night,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jonah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah saith, 'Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou didst not labour, neither didst thou nourish it, which a son of a night was, and a son of a night perished,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jonah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will say, Thou didst spare for the gourd, which thou didst not labor for it, and thou didst not cause it to grow; it was the youth of a night, and the son of a night perished.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jonah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord said: Thou art grieved for the ivy, for which thou hast not laboured, nor made it to grow, which in one night came up, and in one night perished. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jonah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord said, “You grieve for the ivy, for which you have not labored and which you did not cause to grow, though it had been born during one night, and during one night perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jonah/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “You are concerned over the gourd plant which cost you no effort and which you did not grow; it came up in one night and in one night it perished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jonah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labor and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jonah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to him, You have had pity on the gourd for the which you did not labor nor did you make it to grow; which sprung up in a night and withered in a night;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jonah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH said to him: ”You had pity on the shoot of a gourd for which you did not labor, neither did you raise it up, which sprang up in a night, and in a night it dried up<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jonah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD said: 'Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came up in a night, and perished in a night;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jonah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord said, Thou hadst pity on the gourd, for which thou has not suffered, neither didst thou rear it; which came up before night, and perished before <i>another</i> night:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jonah/4-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfTdDqEKJXA?start=493" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jonah/4.htm">Jonah's Anger at the LORD's Compassion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!” <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">But the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">“You</a> <a href="/hebrew/2347.htm" title="2347: ḥas·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To pity, look upon with compassion. A primitive root; properly, to cover, i.e. to compassionate.">cared</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">about</a> <a href="/hebrew/7021.htm" title="7021: haq·qî·qā·yō·wn (Art:: N-ms) -- (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant. Perhaps from qayah; the gourd.">the plant,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you neither</a> <a href="/hebrew/5998.htm" title="5998: ‘ā·mal·tā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To labor, toil. A primitive root; to toil, i.e. Work severely and with irksomeness.">tended</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">nor</a> <a href="/hebrew/1431.htm" title="1431: ḡid·dal·tōw (V-Piel-Perf-2ms:: 3ms) -- To grow up, become great. A primitive root; properly, to twist, i.e. To be large.">made grow.</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">It sprang up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: šeb·bin- (Pro-r:: N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">in a night</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: lay·lāh (N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6.htm" title="6: ’ā·ḇāḏ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To perish. A primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. Lose oneself; by implication to perish.">and perished</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇin- (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">in a night.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: lay·lāh (N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity."></a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a></span><br />Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Luke 12:24</a></span><br />Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/20-15.htm">Matthew 20:15</a></span><br />Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-15.htm">Romans 9:15-16</a></span><br />For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” / So then, it does not depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-11.htm">James 5:11</a></span><br />See how blessed we consider those who have persevered. You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen the outcome from the Lord. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-41.htm">Matthew 12:41</a></span><br />The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-28.htm">Luke 15:28-32</a></span><br />The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him. / But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. / But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-33.htm">Romans 11:33</a></span><br />O, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments, and untraceable His ways!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/9-36.htm">Matthew 9:36</a></span><br />When He saw the crowds, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-23.htm">Genesis 18:23-33</a></span><br />Abraham stepped forward and said, “Will You really sweep away the righteous with the wicked? / What if there are fifty righteous ones in the city? Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous ones who are there? / Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6</a></span><br />Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/86-15.htm">Psalm 86:15</a></span><br />But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/145-8.htm">Psalm 145:8-9</a></span><br />The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. / The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-8.htm">Isaiah 55:8-9</a></span><br />“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD. / “For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then said the LORD, You have had pity on the gourd, for the which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:</p><p class="hdg">had pity on.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/20-31.htm">1 Samuel 20:31</a></b></br> For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">Genesis 17:12</a></b></br> And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which <i>is</i> not of thy seed.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jonah/1-8.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/jonah/1-6.htm">Concerned</a> <a href="/amos/6-9.htm">Died</a> <a href="/jonah/4-9.htm">Gourd</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Grow</a> <a href="/amos/7-1.htm">Growth</a> <a href="/daniel/6-14.htm">Labored</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-7.htm">Madest</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-5.htm">Night</a> <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Nourish</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-23.htm">Overnight</a> <a href="/amos/3-15.htm">Perished</a> <a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/jonah/4-9.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/jonah/1-8.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-21.htm">Sprang</a> <a href="/ezekiel/34-23.htm">Tend</a> <a href="/jonah/4-9.htm">Vine</a> <a href="/jonah/1-8.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/1-13.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Concerned</a> <a href="/matthew/2-19.htm">Died</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Gourd</a> <a href="/nahum/2-10.htm">Grow</a> <a href="/matthew/6-27.htm">Growth</a> <a href="/john/4-38.htm">Labored</a> <a href="/acts/2-28.htm">Madest</a> <a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Night</a> <a href="/ephesians/5-29.htm">Nourish</a> <a href="/exodus/23-18.htm">Overnight</a> <a href="/micah/4-9.htm">Perished</a> <a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Pity</a> <a href="/micah/6-15.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/matthew/23-16.htm">Responsible</a> <a href="/matthew/13-5.htm">Sprang</a> <a href="/micah/7-14.htm">Tend</a> <a href="/micah/4-4.htm">Vine</a> <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Work</a><div class="vheading2">Jonah 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/4-1.htm">Jonah repining at God's mercy,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">is reproved by the type of a withering vine.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-ATF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-300x250-BTF --> <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br /> <!-- /1078254/BH-728x90-BTF2 --> <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jonah/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jonah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jonah/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>But the LORD said</b><br>This phrase introduces a direct communication from God, highlighting His authority and the importance of His message. Throughout the Bible, when God speaks, it often signifies a moment of teaching or correction. In the context of Jonah, God is addressing Jonah's anger and frustration, providing a divine perspective on the situation.<p><b>You cared about the plant</b><br>Jonah's concern for the plant reveals his misplaced priorities. The plant, which provided temporary comfort, became a source of emotional investment for Jonah. This reflects a broader biblical theme where humans often value material or temporary things over eternal truths. It serves as a lesson on the importance of aligning one's values with God's.<p><b>which you neither tended nor made grow</b><br>This highlights Jonah's lack of involvement in the creation or maintenance of the plant, emphasizing God's sovereignty and creative power. It serves as a reminder of human limitations and the divine origin of all creation. This can be connected to other scriptures that speak of God's role as the Creator, such as <a href="/genesis/1.htm">Genesis 1</a> and <a href="/psalms/104.htm">Psalm 104</a>.<p><b>It sprang up in a night and perished in a night</b><br>The rapid growth and demise of the plant symbolize the transient nature of earthly comforts and possessions. This can be seen as a metaphor for the fleeting nature of life and human endeavors, echoing themes found in Ecclesiastes. It also serves as a contrast to God's eternal nature and His enduring compassion for humanity, as seen in His concern for Nineveh.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonah.htm">Jonah</a></b><br>A prophet of God who was sent to Nineveh to proclaim God's message of repentance. He struggled with God's compassion towards the Ninevites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The sovereign God who is compassionate and merciful, teaching Jonah a lesson about His grace and concern for all creation.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plant.htm">The Plant</a></b><br>A vine or gourd that God provided to give Jonah shade, which then withered, serving as an object lesson for Jonah about God's compassion.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/n/nineveh.htm">Nineveh</a></b><br>The great city to which Jonah was sent, known for its wickedness, but also the recipient of God's mercy upon their repentance.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_east_wind_and_the_sun.htm">The East Wind and the Sun</a></b><br>Natural elements used by God to further teach Jonah about His sovereignty and compassion.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_compassion.htm">God's Sovereignty and Compassion</a></b><br>God is sovereign over creation and extends His compassion to all, even those we might consider undeserving. We must align our hearts with His.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_tendency_to_self-centeredness.htm">Human Tendency to Self-Centeredness</a></b><br>Like Jonah, we can become more concerned with our comfort than with the spiritual well-being of others. We need to cultivate a heart for God's mission.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_vs._the_eternal.htm">The Temporary vs. the Eternal</a></b><br>Jonah's concern for the plant highlights our tendency to focus on temporary comforts rather than eternal matters. We should prioritize what has lasting significance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_lessons_through_circumstances.htm">God's Lessons Through Circumstances</a></b><br>God often uses circumstances in our lives to teach us deeper truths about His character and our mission. We should remain open to His instruction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_mercy.htm">Repentance and Mercy</a></b><br>God's willingness to forgive Nineveh upon their repentance is a reminder of His mercy and the power of repentance. We should be quick to repent and extend grace to others.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jonah_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jonah 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_jonah_die_inside_the_fish.htm">Did Jonah die inside the fish?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_25_6_align_with_israel's_exclusivity.htm">How does Isaiah 25:6, which speaks of a universal feast for all peoples, align with other Old Testament passages emphasizing Israel’s exclusivity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_spare_nineveh_but_not_the_plant.htm">Jonah 4:9 - Why does God confront Jonah about his anger over the withered plant yet spare Nineveh, seeming inconsistent with other punitive Bible narratives?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/creation_duration_(gen_1_31_vs_2_4).htm">How long did creation take? (Genesis 1:31 vs. Genesis 2:4)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jonah/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) <span class= "bld">Which came up.</span>--The original is one of those forcible idioms impossible to reproduce, <span class= "ital">which son of a night was, and son of a night perished.</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jonah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The Lord.</span> Jehovah. closing the story, and driving home the lesson with unanswerable force, the prophet himself being the judge. <span class="cmt_word">Thou hast had pity;</span> <span class="accented">thou on thy part hast spared</span>; Septuagint, <span class="greek">σὺ ἐφείσω</span>. <span class="cmt_word">For the which thou hast not laboured;</span> Septuagint, <span class="greek">ὑπὲρ η΅ς οὐκ ἐκακοπάθησας ἐπ αὐτήν</span>, "for which thou sufferedst no evil." The more trouble a thing costs us, the more we regard it, as a mother loves her sickly child best. <span class="cmt_word">Neither madest it grow.</span> As God had made Nineveh into a "great city." <span class="cmt_word">Which came up in a night, and perished in a night;</span> literally, <span class="accented">which was the son of a night, and perished the son of a night.</span> The allusion, of course, is to the extraordinary rapidity of the growth and destruction of the gourd. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jonah/4-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“You</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">cared</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֙סְתָּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ḥas·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2347.htm">Strong's 2347: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pity, look upon with compassion</span><br /><br /><span class="word">about</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the plant,</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקִּ֣יקָי֔וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qî·qā·yō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7021.htm">Strong's 7021: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֛ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you neither</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">tended</span><br /><span class="heb">עָמַ֥לְתָּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·mal·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5998.htm">Strong's 5998: </a> </span><span class="str2">To toil, work severely and with irksomeness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">nor</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">made grow.</span><br /><span class="heb">גִדַּלְתּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ḡid·dal·tōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1431.htm">Strong's 1431: </a> </span><span class="str2">To grow up, become great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">It sprang up</span><br /><span class="heb">הָיָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a night</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁבִּן־</span> <span class="translit">(šeb·bin-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and perished</span><br /><span class="heb">אָבָֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·ḇāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6.htm">Strong's 6: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wander away, lose oneself, to perish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a night.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבִן־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇin-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jonah/4-10.htm">Jonah 4:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jonah/4-10.htm">Jonah 4:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jonah/4-10.htm">Jonah 4:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jonah/4-10.htm">Jonah 4:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jonah/4-10.htm">Jonah 4:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jonah/4-10.htm">Jonah 4:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jonah/4-10.htm">Jonah 4:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jonah/4-10.htm">Jonah 4:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jonah/4-10.htm">Jonah 4:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jonah/4-10.htm">Jonah 4:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">OT Prophets: Jonah 4:10 Yahweh said You have been concerned (Jon. 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