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This eased his discomfort, and Jonah was very grateful for the plant. <a href="/esv/jonah/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant. <a href="/bsb/jonah/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant. <a href="/kjv/jonah/4.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jonah/4.htm">New King James Version</a> And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. <a href="/nasb_/jonah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> So the LORD God designated a plant, and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head, to relieve him of his discomfort. And Jonah was overjoyed about the plant. <a href="/nasb/jonah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> So the LORD God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant. <a href="/nasb77/jonah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> So the LORD God appointed a plant and it grew up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about the plant. <a href="/lsb/jonah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> So Yahweh God appointed a plant, and it came up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to deliver him from his miserable evil. And Jonah was extremely glad about the plant. <a href="/amp/jonah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> So the LORD God prepared a plant and it grew up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head to spare him from discomfort. And Jonah was extremely happy about [the protection of] the plant. <a href="/csb/jonah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the LORD God appointed a plant, and it grew over Jonah to provide shade for his head to rescue him from his trouble. Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant. <a href="/hcsb/jonah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Then the LORD God appointed a plant, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah&#8217s head to ease his discomfort. Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant. <a href="/asv/jonah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Jehovah God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd. <a href="/cev/jonah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD made a vine grow up to shade Jonah's head and protect him from the sun. Jonah was very happy to have the vine, <a href="/erv/jonah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd. <a href="/gwt/jonah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD God made a plant grow up beside Jonah to give him shade and make him more comfortable. Jonah was very happy with the plant. <a href="/gnt/jonah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then the LORD God made a plant grow up over Jonah to give him some shade, so that he would be more comfortable. Jonah was extremely pleased with the plant. <a href="/isv/jonah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> The LORD God prepared a vine plant, and it grew over Jonah to shade his head and provide relief from his misery. Jonah was happy—indeed, he was ecstatic—about the vine plant. <a href="/msb/jonah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah?s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant. <a href="/net/jonah/4.htm">NET Bible</a> The LORD God appointed a little plant and caused it to grow up over Jonah to be a shade over his head to rescue him from his misery. Now Jonah was very delighted about the little plant. <a href="/nheb/jonah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> The LORD God prepared a vine, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine. <a href="/wbt/jonah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. <a href="/web/jonah/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh God prepared a vine and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jonah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And YHWH God appoints a gourd, and causes it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoices because of the gourd [with] great joy. <a href="/ylt/jonah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd with great joy. <a href="/slt/jonah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah God will appoint a gourd, and it will come up from above to Jonah to be a shadow over his head to deliver to him from his evil. And Jonah will rejoice over the gourd with great joy.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jonah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, and to cover him (for he was fatigued): and Jonas was exceeding glad of the ivy. <a href="/cpdv/jonah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it ascended over the head of Jonah so as to be a shadow over his head, and to protect him (for he had labored hard). And Jonah rejoiced because of the ivy, with great rejoicing. <a href="/nabre/jonah/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Then the LORD God provided a gourd plant. And when it grew up over Jonah’s head, giving shade that relieved him of any discomfort, Jonah was greatly delighted with the plant. <a href="/nrsvce/jonah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD God appointed a bush, and made it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort; so Jonah was very happy about the bush.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jonah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the LORD God commanded a tender shoot of gourd to spring up, and it sprang up and came over Jonah, and became a shade over his head, and comforted him of his grief. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the gourd. <a href="/hpbt/jonah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH commanded a shoot of a gourd and it sprouted and it came up over Yonan and there was shade on his head, and it relieved him from his calamity, and Yonan rejoiced for the shoot of the gourd with great joy<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jonah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 evil. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd. <a href="/sep/jonah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonas rejoiced with great joy for the gourd. <a href="/parallel/jonah/4-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfTdDqEKJXA?start=445" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jonah/4.htm">Jonah's Anger at the LORD's Compassion</a> …5Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city. 6<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.">So the LORD</a> <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">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4487.htm" title="4487: way·man (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll.">appointed</a> <a href="/hebrew/7021.htm" title="7021: qî·qā·yō·wn (N-ms) -- (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant. Perhaps from qayah; the gourd.">a vine,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: way·ya·‘al (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">and it grew up</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: lih·yō·wṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">to provide</a> <a href="/hebrew/6738.htm" title="6738: ṣêl (N-ms) -- A shadow. From tsalal; shade, whether literal or figurative.">shade</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: mê·‘al (Prep-m) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/3124.htm" title="3124: lə·yō·w·nāh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- An Israelite. prophet. The same as yownah; Jonah, An Israelite.">Jonah’s</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7218.htm" title="7218: rō·šōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Head. From an unused root apparently meaning to shake; the head, whether literal or figurative.">head</a> <a href="/hebrew/5337.htm" title="5337: lə·haṣ·ṣîl (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver. ">to ease</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">his</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: mê·rā·‘ā·ṯōw (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">discomfort,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3124.htm" title="3124: yō·w·nāh (N-proper-ms) -- An Israelite. prophet. The same as yownah; Jonah, An Israelite.">and Jonah</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8057.htm" title="8057: śim·ḥāh (N-fs) -- Joy, gladness, mirth. From sameach; blithesomeness or glee.">was greatly</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh (Adj-fs) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8055.htm" title="8055: way·yiś·maḥ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Rejoice, be glad. A primitive root; probably to brighten up, i.e. be blithe or gleesome.">pleased</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.">with the plant.</a> 7When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/21-15.htm">Genesis 21:15-19</a> When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes. / Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept. / Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies. ... <a href="/exodus/34-6.htm">Exodus 34:6</a> 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, <a href="/psalms/103-8.htm">Psalm 103:8</a> The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. <a href="/psalms/121-5.htm">Psalm 121:5-6</a> The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand. / The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. <a href="/isaiah/25-4.htm">Isaiah 25:4</a> For You have been a refuge for the poor, a stronghold for the needy in distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat. For the breath of the ruthless is like rain against a wall, <a href="/isaiah/49-10.htm">Isaiah 49:10</a> They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water. <a href="/jeremiah/31-12.htm">Jeremiah 31:12</a> They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish. <a href="/ezekiel/17-23.htm">Ezekiel 17:23</a> I will plant it on the mountain heights of Israel so that it will bear branches; it will yield fruit and become a majestic cedar. Birds of every kind will nest under it, taking shelter in the shade of its branches. <a href="/hosea/14-7.htm">Hosea 14:7</a> They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. <a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a> that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. <a href="/matthew/20-15.htm">Matthew 20:15</a> Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’ <a href="/luke/6-35.htm">Luke 6:35</a> But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them, expecting nothing in return. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High; for He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. <a href="/luke/12-27.htm">Luke 12:27-28</a> Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. / If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith! <a href="/john/4-6.htm">John 4:6-7</a> Since Jacob’s well was there, Jesus, weary from His journey, sat down by the well. It was about the sixth hour. / When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.” <a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a> Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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.the Lord.<a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Jonah 1:17</a> Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.<a href="/psalms/103-10.htm">Psalm 103:10-14</a> He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities… gourd.So.<a href="/esther/5-9.htm">Esther 5:9</a> Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.<a href="/proverbs/23-5.htm">Proverbs 23:5</a> Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.<a href="/isaiah/39-2.htm">Isaiah 39:2</a> And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah shewed them not.was exceeding glad.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jonah/2-2.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Appointeth</a> <a href="/amos/5-9.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/obadiah/1-14.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/jonah/2-9.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/amos/6-1.htm">Ease</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-10.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/jonah/4-1.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/jonah/3-3.htm">Exceeding</a> <a href="/jonah/4-1.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/jonah/1-10.htm">Extremely</a> <a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">Gourd</a> <a href="/jonah/1-15.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/amos/6-6.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/joel/3-15.htm">Grow</a> <a href="/jonah/2-5.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jonah/4-5.htm">Jonah</a> <a href="/amos/9-15.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-14.htm">Rejoiceth</a> <a href="/amos/2-15.htm">Save</a> <a href="/jonah/4-5.htm">Shade</a> <a href="/jonah/4-5.htm">Shadow</a> <a href="/jonah/2-2.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Vine</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/nahum/1-9.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Appointeth</a> <a href="/matthew/5-29.htm">Causeth</a> <a href="/micah/5-6.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/micah/7-9.htm">Deliverance</a> <a href="/zechariah/1-15.htm">Ease</a> <a href="/genesis/2-4.htm">Elohim</a> <a href="/micah/1-12.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/matthew/2-10.htm">Exceeding</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-14.htm">Exceedingly</a> <a href="/matthew/8-28.htm">Extremely</a> <a href="/micah/7-8.htm">Glad</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Gourd</a> <a href="/zechariah/11-8.htm">Grew</a> <a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Grief</a> <a href="/jonah/4-10.htm">Grow</a> <a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Head</a> <a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Jonah</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-15.htm">Rejoiceth</a> <a href="/micah/2-3.htm">Save</a> <a href="/zephaniah/1-15.htm">Shade</a> <a href="/matthew/4-16.htm">Shadow</a> <a href="/micah/7-4.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">Vine</a><div class="vheading2">Jonah 4</div>1. <a href="/jonah/4-1.htm">Jonah repining at God's mercy,</a> 4. <a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">is reproved by the type of a withering vine.</a> </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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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> </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>So the LORD God appointed a vine The phrase "appointed a vine" indicates divine intervention and control over nature, a recurring theme in the book of Jonah. The Hebrew word for "appointed" (מָנָה, manah) is used several times in Jonah, emphasizing God's sovereignty (<a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Jonah 1:17, 4</a>:7, 4:8). The vine, likely a castor oil plant or gourd, symbolizes God's provision and care, contrasting with Jonah's earlier disobedience. This act of God mirrors His earlier provision of the great fish, showing His continued involvement in Jonah's life.and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head The rapid growth of the vine underscores the miraculous nature of God's provision. In the harsh climate of the Middle East, shade is a precious commodity, highlighting God's compassion even when Jonah is in a state of anger and discontent. This act of providing shade can be seen as a parallel to God's protection and care for Israel, offering relief and comfort in times of distress.to ease his discomfort Jonah's discomfort is both physical and spiritual. Physically, he is exposed to the harsh sun, but spiritually, he is in turmoil over God's mercy towards Nineveh. The vine serves as a temporary relief, symbolizing how God often provides comfort even when we are in rebellion or misunderstanding His plans. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's grace being extended to the undeserving.and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant Jonah's pleasure in the plant reveals his self-centeredness and lack of understanding of God's broader purposes. His joy is short-lived and tied to his immediate comfort, contrasting with his displeasure at Nineveh's repentance. This highlights the human tendency to value personal comfort over divine compassion and mission. Jonah's reaction serves as a mirror to the reader, challenging them to consider their own responses to God's actions and priorities.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jonah.htm">Jonah</a> A prophet of God who was initially reluctant to deliver God's message to Nineveh. In this chapter, he is outside the city, waiting to see what will happen to it. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord_god.htm">The LORD God</a> The sovereign Creator who appoints the plant to provide Jonah with comfort, demonstrating His control over creation and His compassion. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_plant.htm">The Plant</a> Appointed by God to provide shade for Jonah, symbolizing God's provision and mercy. The Hebrew word used here is (qiqayon), which is often translated as "gourd" or "vine." 4. <a href="/topical/n/nineveh.htm">Nineveh</a> The city to which Jonah was sent to prophesy. Its repentance led to God's mercy, which Jonah struggled to accept. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_east_wind_and_the_sun.htm">The East Wind and the Sun</a> Later in the chapter, God appoints a scorching east wind and the sun to beat down on Jonah, further illustrating His control over nature and His lessons for Jonah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_provision.htm">God's Sovereignty and Provision</a> God is in control of all creation and uses it to fulfill His purposes. He provides for our needs, often in unexpected ways. <a href="/topical/g/god's_compassion_and_mercy.htm">God's Compassion and Mercy</a> Just as God showed mercy to Nineveh, He also showed compassion to Jonah through the plant. We should reflect on God's mercy in our own lives. <a href="/topical/h/human_discontent_and_god's_lessons.htm">Human Discontent and God's Lessons</a> Jonah's reaction to the plant reveals human tendencies toward discontent. God uses circumstances to teach us deeper truths about His character and our own hearts. <a href="/topical/t/temporary_comforts_and_eternal_truths.htm">Temporary Comforts and Eternal Truths</a> The plant was a temporary comfort for Jonah, reminding us to seek eternal truths and not rely solely on temporary comforts. <a href="/topical/g/gratitude_for_god's_gifts.htm">Gratitude for God's Gifts</a> Jonah's pleasure in the plant should remind us to be grateful for God's gifts, recognizing them as expressions of His love and care.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jonah_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jonah 4</a> <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> <a href="/q/did_jonah_die_inside_the_fish.htm">Did Jonah die inside the fish?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_anger_at_god.htm">What does the Bible say about being angry with God?</a> <a href="/q/why_was_jonah_upset_nineveh_survived.htm">Why was Jonah upset about Nineveh's survival?</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>(6) Prepared.--See Note, <a href="/jonah/1-17.htm" title="Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.">Jonah 1:17</a>.A gourd.--So the LXX. render the Hebrew qiqaion, which, since the time of Jerome, has been usually identified with the Arabic el keroa, the castor-oil tree (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi; see margin). It is a large shrub, having large palmate leaves, with serrated lobes, and spikes of blossoms which produce the seed, whence the well-known medicinal oil is extracted, in small rough husks. The strongest argument in favour of this view is the proposed derivation of the Hebrew name from the Egyptian kiki, and the rabbinical name for castor-oil, kiki-oil.[22] In spite of this etymological argument, Dr. Tristram says: "Practical reasons cause me to lean strongly to the rendering of our English version, gourd, i.e., the bottle gourd (Cucurbita pepo). In Palestine the vernacularnames are almost identical in sound, "kurah" being the gourd, "khurwah" the castor-oil tree. But the gourd is very commonly employed in Palestine for the purpose of shading arbours. Its rapid growth and large leaves render it admirably adapted for training on trellis-work . . . But the plant withers as rapidly as it shoots, and after a storm or any injury to its stem, its fruit may be seen hanging from the leafless tendrils, which so lately concealed it, a type of melancholy desolation" (Nat Hist. of the Bible, p. 449).[22] A Semitic origin for the word is rendered probable by its discovery under the form, quqanitu, on a small tablet which the Babylonian king Marduk-bal-iddin (Merodach-baladan) ordered to be set in a garden. (See letters of Dr. F. Delitzsch, to the Athen?um of May 26th and June 9th, 1883.)Made it to come up.--Rather, it came up.Deliver.--In the original there is a play of words on this word and shadow.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jonah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 6, 7. - 3. God causes a plant to spring up in order to shade Jonah from the sun; but it is made soon to wither away and leave him exposed to the scorching rays. Verse 6. - Prepared (vers. 7, 8); appointed (see note on Jonah 1:17). A gourd; Hebrew, kikaion (here only in the Old Testament); Septuagint, κολοκύνθη," pumpkin;" Vulgate, hedera; Aquila and Theodotion, κυκεών. Jerome describes this as a shrub called in Syriac elkeroa, and common in the sandy regions of Palestine. It has large leaves and grows to a considerable height in a very few days, so that a mere shrub becomes quickly a small tree. The scientific name of this plant is Ricinus communis; in Egyptian, kiki; in Assyrian, kukanitu. A drawing of it is given in Dr Pusey's 'Commentary,' p 260. It is also known by the name of the Palma Christi, and from its seeds is expressed "castor oil." But it is very doubtful whether this is the plant intended. Certainly the ricinus is never used in the East as a protection against the sun, for which its straggling, open growth renders it unsuitable; while the gourd, as Mr. Tristram testifies ('Land of Israel,' p. 37), is used universally to form trellises for shading arbours and summer houses, and affords a most effectual screen. "Orientals," says Dr. Thomson ('The Land and the Book,' p. 15), "never dream of training a castor-oil plant overs booth, or planting it for a shade, and they would have but small respect for any one who did. It is in no way adapted for that purpose, while thousands of arbours are covered with various creepers of the general gourd family." With this testimony it is well to be satisfied. Whatever the plant was, its growth was abnormal in the present ease, though the rapidity with which it developed was merely a quickening of its ordinary powers, in due accordance with its nature and character. From his grief; Septuagint, ἀπὸ τῶν κακῶν αὐτοῦ, "from his evils;" Vulgate, ut... protegeret eum. The Hebrew word is the same as in ver. 1, and it refers, not so much to the physical discomfort occasioned by the heat, but rather to the condition of his mind, the vexation and disappointment under which he was suffering. We exceeding glad; literally, rejoiced a great joy; ἐχάρη χαρὰν μεγάλην (Septuagint). The candour and simplicity of the writer throughout are very remarkable. He may have seen in this providential shelter an intimation that God approved of his intention to wait and see the issue. <a href="/commentaries/jonah/4-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>So the LORD יְהוָֽה־ (Yah·weh-) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel God אֱ֠לֹהִים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative appointed וַיְמַ֣ן (way·man) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4487.htm">Strong's 4487: </a> To weigh out, to allot, constitute officially, to enumerate, enroll a vine, קִיקָי֞וֹן (qî·qā·yō·wn) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7021.htm">Strong's 7021: </a> (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant and it grew up וַיַּ֣עַל ׀ (way·ya·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> To ascend, in, actively to provide לִֽהְי֥וֹת (lih·yō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be shade צֵל֙ (ṣêl) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6738.htm">Strong's 6738: </a> A shadow over מֵעַ֣ל (mê·‘al) Preposition-m <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against Jonah’s לְיוֹנָ֗ה (lə·yō·w·nāh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3124.htm">Strong's 3124: </a> Jonah -- an Israelite prophet head רֹאשׁ֔וֹ (rō·šōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7218.htm">Strong's 7218: </a> The head to ease לְהַצִּ֥יל (lə·haṣ·ṣîl) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5337.htm">Strong's 5337: </a> To strip, plunder, deliver oneself, be delivered, snatch away, deliver his ל֖וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> discomfort, מֵרָֽעָת֑וֹ (mê·rā·‘ā·ṯōw) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil and Jonah יוֹנָ֛ה (yō·w·nāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3124.htm">Strong's 3124: </a> Jonah -- an Israelite prophet was greatly גְדוֹלָֽה׃ (ḡə·ḏō·w·lāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent pleased וַיִּשְׂמַ֥ח (way·yiś·maḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8055.htm">Strong's 8055: </a> To brighten up, be, blithe, gleesome with עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the plant. הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן (haq·qî·qā·yō·wn) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7021.htm">Strong's 7021: </a> (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">OT Prophets: Jonah 4:6 Yahweh God prepared a vine and made (Jon. 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