Jonah 4:9
“And God said to Ionah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? and he said, I doe well to be angry, euen vnto death.”
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Jonah 4:9 Context
7But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. 8And it came to passe when the Sunne did arise, that God prepared a vehement East wind; and the Sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that hee fainted, and wished in himselfe to die, and said, It is better for me to die, then to liue. 9And God said to Ionah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? and he said, I doe well to be angry, euen vnto death. 10Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night: 11And should not I spare Nineueh that great citie, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons, that cannot discerne betweene their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattell?
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Other Translations for Jonah 4:9
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.
- King James Version
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.""
- New American Standard Version (1995)
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.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the Lord said to Jonah, Have you any right to be angry about the vine? And he said, I have a right to be truly angry.
- Basic English Bible
And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death.
- Darby Bible
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.
- Webster's Bible
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."
- World English Bible
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.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And God said to Jonah: 'Art thou greatly angry for the gourd?' And he said: 'I am greatly angry, even unto death.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jonah 4:9
4:9 I do well to be angry - If in the violence of this passion I should die (as some have) yet were I not to blame. What a speech! Verily the law made nothing perfect!