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And he said, I do well to be angry, <i>even</i> unto death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jonah/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then God said to Jonah, “<i>Is it</i> right for you to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “<i>It is</i> right for me to be angry, even to death!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jonah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But God said to Jonah, “Do you have a good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, <i>even</i> to the point of death!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jonah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then God said to Jonah, &#8220Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?&#8221 And he said, &#8220I have good reason to be angry, even to death.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jonah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jonah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jonah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have a good reason to be angry about [the loss of] the plant?” And he said, “I have a [very] good reason to be angry, angry enough to die!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jonah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant? ” “Yes, it’s right! ” he replied. “I’m angry enough to die! ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jonah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then God asked Jonah, &#8220Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?"&#8221 Yes,&#8221 he replied. &#8220It is right. I&#8217m angry enough to die!&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jonah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jonah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But the LORD asked, "Jonah, do you have the right to be angry about the vine?" "Yes, I do," he answered, "and I'm angry enough to die." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jonah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jonah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then God asked Jonah, "What right do you have to be angry over this plant?" Jonah answered, "I have every right to be angry-so angry that I want to die."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jonah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But God said to him, "What right do you have to be angry about the plant?" Jonah replied, "I have every right to be angry--angry enough to die!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jonah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then God asked Jonah, "Is your anger about the vine plant justified?" And he answered, "Absolutely! I'm so angry I could die!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jonah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jonah/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />God said to Jonah, "Are you really so very angry about the little plant?" And he said, "I am as angry as I could possibly be!"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jonah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jonah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jonah/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jonah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And God says to Jonah: “Is doing good displeasing to you, because of the gourd?” And he says, “To do good is displeasing to me—to death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jonah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And God saith unto Jonah: 'Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, 'To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jonah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And God will say to Jonah, Was it well to kindle to thee for the gourd? And he will say, It was well to kindle to me, even to death.<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 to Jonas: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto death. <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 to Jonah, “Do you really think that you are right to be angry because of the ivy?” And he said, “I am right to be angry even unto death.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jonah/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But God said to Jonah, “Do you have a right to be angry over the gourd plant?” Jonah answered, “I have a right to be angry—angry enough to die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jonah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jonah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD God said to Jonah, Are you exceedingly grieved over the gourd? And Jonah said, I am exceedingly grieved, even unto death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jonah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH God said to Yonan: ”You are very grieved for yourself because of the shoot of the gourd.” And Yonan said: ”I am very grieved for myself, unto death!”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jonah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And God said to Jonah: 'Art thou greatly angry for the gourd?' And he said: 'I am greatly angry, even unto death.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jonah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And God said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved for the gourd? And he said, I am very much grieved, even to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jonah/4-9.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=481" 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">8</span>As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.” <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">Then God</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></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.">asked</a> <a href="/hebrew/3124.htm" title="3124: yō·w·nāh (N-proper-ms) -- An Israelite. prophet. The same as yownah; Jonah, An Israelite.">Jonah,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">“Have you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3190.htm" title="3190: ha·hê·ṭêḇ (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To be good, well, glad, or pleasing. A primitive root; to be make well, literally or figuratively.">any right</a> <a href="/hebrew/2734.htm" title="2734: ḥā·rāh- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To burn or be kindled with anger. A primitive root; to glow or grow warm; figuratively to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy.">to be angry</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/3190.htm" title="3190: hê·ṭêḇ (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To be good, well, glad, or pleasing. A primitive root; to be make well, literally or figuratively.">“I do,”</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.">he replied.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2734.htm" title="2734: ḥā·rāh- (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To burn or be kindled with anger. A primitive root; to glow or grow warm; figuratively to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy.">“I am angry</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">enough to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mā·weṯ (N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">die!”</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>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.…<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="/job/40-2.htm">Job 40:2</a></span><br />“Will the faultfinder contend with the Almighty? Let him who argues with God give an answer.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/40-8.htm">Job 40:8</a></span><br />Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/42-6.htm">Job 42:6</a></span><br />Therefore I despise myself, and I repent in dust and ashes.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/4-6.htm">Genesis 4:6-7</a></span><br />“Why are you angry,” said the LORD to Cain, “and why has your countenance fallen? / If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you refuse to do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires you, but you must master it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/18-25.htm">Genesis 18:25</a></span><br />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="/numbers/11-10.htm">Numbers 11:10-15</a></span><br />Then Moses heard the people of family after family weeping at the entrances to their tents, and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly, and Moses was also displeased. / So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people? / Did I conceive all these people? Did I give them birth, so that You should tell me, ‘Carry them in your bosom, as a nurse carries an infant,’ to the land that You swore to give their fathers? ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">1 Kings 19:4</a></span><br />while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-8.htm">Psalm 37:8</a></span><br />Refrain from anger and abandon wrath; do not fret—it can only bring harm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">Psalm 103:8</a></span><br />The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-29.htm">Proverbs 14:29</a></span><br />A patient man has great understanding, but a quick-tempered man promotes folly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/16-32.htm">Proverbs 16:32</a></span><br />He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/20-14.htm">Jeremiah 20:14-18</a></span><br />Cursed be the day I was born! May the day my mother bore me never be blessed. / Cursed be the man who brought my father the news, saying, “A son is born to you,” bringing him great joy. / May that man be like the cities that the LORD overthrew without compassion. May he hear an outcry in the morning and a battle cry at noon, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-22.htm">Matthew 5:22</a></span><br />But I tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, ‘Raca,’ will be subject to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be subject to the fire of hell.<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?’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And God said to Jonah, Do you well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">Jonah 4:4</a></b></br> Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?</p><p class="hdg">I do well to be angry.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/4-5.htm">Genesis 4:5-14</a></b></br> But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/18-4.htm">Job 18:4</a></b></br> He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/40-4.htm">Job 40:4,5</a></b></br> Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth… </p><p class="hdg">even.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/16-16.htm">Judges 16:16</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, <i>so</i> that his soul was vexed unto death;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-2.htm">Job 5:2</a></b></br> For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38</a></b></br> Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/jonah/4-3.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Die</a> <a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">Displeasing</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-5.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Gourd</a> <a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Jonah</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Vine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/micah/2-7.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/nahum/3-19.htm">Death</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-12.htm">Die</a> <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-15.htm">Displeasing</a> <a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/micah/1-12.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">Gourd</a> <a href="/nahum/2-1.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/matthew/12-39.htm">Jonah</a> <a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/micah/2-12.htm">Reason</a> <a href="/jonah/4-11.htm">Right</a> <a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">Vine</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 />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <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>Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?”</b><br>This question from God highlights His desire to teach Jonah a lesson about compassion and divine sovereignty. The plant, which provided Jonah with shade, was a temporary comfort, and its sudden withering was meant to illustrate the fleeting nature of earthly concerns. This mirrors the broader theme of God's mercy, as seen in His sparing of Nineveh. The rhetorical question challenges Jonah's perspective, urging him to consider the broader implications of his anger. This echoes God's earlier question in <a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">Jonah 4:4</a>, emphasizing the importance of self-reflection and understanding divine justice. The plant can be seen as a symbol of God's provision and the transient nature of human comforts, contrasting with the eternal nature of God's compassion.<p><b>“I do,” he replied.</b><br>Jonah's response reveals his stubbornness and inability to see beyond his immediate discomfort. His assertion of having the right to be angry reflects a common human tendency to prioritize personal grievances over divine purposes. This attitude is reminiscent of other biblical figures who struggled with God's plans, such as Job, who questioned God's justice but ultimately learned to trust in His wisdom. Jonah's insistence on his right to anger underscores the tension between human emotions and divine will, a recurring theme throughout scripture.<p><b>“I am angry enough to die!”</b><br>Jonah's extreme reaction underscores his deep-seated frustration and inability to reconcile God's mercy with his own expectations. This hyperbolic statement highlights the intensity of his emotions, similar to Elijah's despair in <a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">1 Kings 19:4</a>, where he also expressed a desire to die. Both instances reflect a crisis of faith and a struggle to understand God's ways. Jonah's anger contrasts sharply with God's patience and compassion, serving as a reminder of the need for humility and trust in divine wisdom. This moment foreshadows the ultimate expression of divine mercy in Jesus Christ, who, unlike Jonah, willingly embraced God's will for the salvation of all humanity.<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 struggles with God's mercy towards Nineveh.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who engages with Jonah, questioning his anger and teaching him about compassion and grace.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plant.htm">The Plant</a></b><br>A vine that God provided to give Jonah shade, which later withered, symbolizing God's provision and the transient nature of earthly comforts.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/n/nineveh.htm">Nineveh</a></b><br>The great city to which Jonah was sent, representing a place of repentance and God's mercy.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_east_wind.htm">The East Wind</a></b><br>A scorching wind sent by God, contributing to Jonah's discomfort and illustrating God's control over nature.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_sovereignty.htm">Understanding God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God’s ways and thoughts are higher than ours. Jonah’s anger reveals a struggle with accepting God’s sovereign decisions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_self-righteous_anger.htm">The Danger of Self-Righteous Anger</a></b><br>Jonah’s anger is rooted in self-righteousness. We must examine our hearts to ensure our anger aligns with God’s righteousness, not our own desires.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_over_judgment.htm">Compassion Over Judgment</a></b><br>God’s question to Jonah challenges us to prioritize compassion over judgment. We should reflect God’s mercy in our interactions with others.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_temporary_nature_of_earthly_comforts.htm">The Temporary Nature of Earthly Comforts</a></b><br>The plant’s withering reminds us that earthly comforts are fleeting. Our focus should be on eternal values and God’s purposes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_instruction.htm">God’s Patience and Instruction</a></b><br>God patiently instructs Jonah despite his stubbornness. We should be open to God’s teaching, even when it challenges our perspectives.<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/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/jonah_4_6-7__plant's_day-long_miracle.htm">Jonah 4:6–7 – How can a plant miraculously appear and perish in a single day without violating natural laws? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_bible's_view_on_self-pity.htm">What is the Bible's view on self-pity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_view_on_peta_principles.htm">What is the Bible's stance on PETA's principles?</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>(9) <span class= "bld">Doest thou well </span>. . .?--See Note to <a href="/jonah/4-4.htm" title="Then said the LORD, Do you well to be angry?">Jonah 4:4</a>. Jonah was really hurt at the loss of his shade, not sorry for the destruction of the gourd. But it is very true to nature that the moment a worthier excuse is suggested, he accepts it, without perceiving that by so doing he prepared the way for his own condemnation. The lesson is to all who would sacrifice the cause of humanity to some professional or theological difficulty.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jonah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">God said.</span> Keil and others have noted the variety in the use of the names of God in this passage (vers. 6-9). The production of the gourd is attributed to Jehovah-Elohim (ver. 6), a composite name, which serves to mark the transition from Jehovah in ver. 4 to Elohim in vers. 7 and 8. Jehovah, who replies to the prophet's complaint (ver. 4), prepares the plant as Elohim the Creator, and the worm as ha-Elohim the personal God. Elohim, the Ruler of nature, sends the east wind to correct the prophet's impatience; and in ver. 10 Jehovah sums up the history and teaches the lesson to be learned from it. <span class="cmt_word">Doest thou well to be angry?</span> The same tender expostulation as in ver. 4. <span class="cmt_word">I do well to be angry, even unto death.</span> I am right to be angry, so that my anger almost kills me. Deprived of the shelter of the gourd, Jonah is immediately depressed, and in his unreasoning anger defends himself against the reproaches of God's voice within him. Septuagint, <span class="greek">Σφόδρα λελύπημαι ἐγὼ ἑως θανάτου</span> "I am greatly grieved even unto death," which reminds one of our Lord's words in the garden (<a href="/mark/14-34.htm">Mark 14:34</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jonah/4-9.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">Then God</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">asked</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֤אמֶר</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">Jonah,</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹנָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3124.htm">Strong's 3124: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jonah -- an Israelite prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Have you</span><br /><span class="heb">לְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">any right</span><br /><span class="heb">הַהֵיטֵ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(ha·hê·ṭêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3190.htm">Strong's 3190: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be good, well, glad, or pleasing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to be angry</span><br /><span class="heb">חָרָֽה־</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·rāh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2734.htm">Strong's 2734: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy</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">הַקִּֽיקָי֑וֹן</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">“I do,”</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵיטֵ֥ב</span> <span class="translit">(hê·ṭêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3190.htm">Strong's 3190: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be good, well, glad, or pleasing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">he replied.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֕אמֶר</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">“I am angry</span><br /><span class="heb">חָֽרָה־</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·rāh-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2734.htm">Strong's 2734: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glow, grow warm, to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">enough to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַד־</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">die!”</span><br /><span class="heb">מָֽוֶת׃</span> <span class="translit">(mā·weṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jonah/4-9.htm">Jonah 4:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jonah/4-9.htm">Jonah 4:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jonah/4-9.htm">Jonah 4:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jonah/4-9.htm">Jonah 4:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jonah/4-9.htm">Jonah 4:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jonah/4-9.htm">Jonah 4:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jonah/4-9.htm">Jonah 4:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jonah/4-9.htm">Jonah 4:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jonah/4-9.htm">Jonah 4:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jonah/4-9.htm">Jonah 4:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jonah/4-9.htm">OT Prophets: Jonah 4:9 God said to Jonah Is it right (Jon. 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