World English Bible
Jonah 4:9
“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.”
Jonah 4:9 in the King James Version
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.Read Jonah 4:9 in the King James Version →
Verse in context — Jonah 4
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live.
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.
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.
Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much livestock?
Cross references for Jonah 4:9
- Job 40:4-5
Behold, I am of small account. What shall I answer you? I lay my hand on my mouth. I have spoken once, and I will not answer; Yes, twice, but I will proceed no further.
- Judges 16:16
It happened, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, that his soul was troubled to death.
- Genesis 4:5-14
but he didn't respect Cain and his offering. Cain was very angry, and the expression on his face fell. Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen? If you do well, will it not be lifted up? If you don...
- Job 5:2
For resentment kills the foolish man, and jealousy kills the simple.
- Job 18:4
You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
- Revelation 9:6
In those days people will seek death, and will in no way find it. They will desire to die, and death will flee from them.
- Matthew 26:38
Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me.
- 2 Corinthians 7:10
For godly sorrow works repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world works death.
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