Jonah 4

Verse 1

WEB But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

KJV But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

TSK But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.: jon 4:9, mt 20:15, lu 7:39, lu 15:28, ac 13:46, jas 4:5,6

Verse 2

WEB He prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Please, Yahweh, wasn’t this what I said when I was still in my own country? Therefore I hurried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, and you relent of doing harm.

KJV And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

TSK he prayed: 1ki 19:4, jer 20:7; I fled: jon 1:3, lu 10:29; thou art: ex 34:6,7, nu 14:18,19, ps 78:38, ps 86:5,15, ps 145:8, ho 11:8,9, joe 2:13,14, mic 7:18; and of: jon 3:10, ex 32:14, ps 90:13, jer 18:8, am 7:3,6

Verse 3

WEB Therefore now, Yahweh, take, I beg you, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.”

KJV Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

TSK take: nu 11:15, nu 20:3, 1ki 19:4, job 3:20,21, job 6:8,9, jer 20:14-18, php 1:21-25; for: jon 4:8, job 7:15,16, ec 7:1, 1co 9:15

Verse 4

WEB Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

KJV Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

TSK Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?: jon 4:9, nu 20:11,12,24, ps 106:32,33, mic 6:3, mt 20:15, jas 1:19,20

Verse 5

WEB Then Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth, and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.

KJV So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

TSK Jonah: jon 1:5, 1ki 19:9,13, isa 57:17, jer 20:9; till: ge 19:27,28, jer 17:15,16, lu 19:41-44

Verse 6

WEB 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.

KJV 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.

TSK the Lord: jon 1:17, ps 103:10-14; So: es 5:9, pr 23:5, isa 39:2, am 6:13, lu 10:20, 1co 7:30

Verse 7

WEB But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.

KJV But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

TSK prepared: job 1:21, ps 30:6,7, ps 102:10; it withered: ps 90:5,6, isa 40:6-8, joe 1:12

Verse 8

WEB 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.”

KJV And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

TSK that God: jon 4:6,7, jon 1:4,17, eze 19:12, re 3:19; and the sun: ps 121:6, so 1:6, isa 49:10, re 7:16; and wished: jon 4:3, le 10:3, 1sa 3:18, 2sa 15:25,26, job 2:10, ps 39:9

Verse 9

WEB 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.”

KJV 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.

TSK I do well to be angry: ge 4:5-14, job 18:4, job 40:4,5; even: jud 16:16, job 5:2, mt 26:38, 2co 7:10, re 9:6

Verse 10

WEB 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.

KJV 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:

TSK had pity on: 1sa 20:31, ge 17:12

Verse 11

WEB 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?”

KJV And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

TSK should: jon 4:1, isa 1:18, mt 18:33, lu 15:28-32; Nineveh: jon 1:2, jon 3:2,3; that cannot: de 1:39; and also: ps 36:6, ps 104:14,27,28, ps 145:8,9,15,16