Jonah 4:4

Jonah 4:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?
• New International Version (NIV)But the Lord replied, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord said, "Do you do well to be angry?"
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”

Context of Jonah 4:4

2So he prayed to the Lord, “Lord, isn’t this what I said would happen when I was still in my own country? That’s why I tried to run to Tarshish in the first place. I knew that you are a merciful and compassionate God, patient, and always ready to forgive and to reconsider your threats of destruction. 3So now, Lord, take my life. I’d rather be dead than alive.” The Lord asked, “What right do you have to be angry?” 5Jonah left the city and sat down east of it. He made himself a shelter there. He sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city. 6The 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.

Jonah 4:4 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה הַהֵיטֵ֖ב חָ֥רָה לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• Doest thou wellיָטַבyâţab · be goodH3190
• to be angryחָרָהchârâh · to be incensedH2734

Cross-references for Jonah 4:4

• Jonah 4:9Then 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.”
• Numbers 20:11Moses raised his hand and hit the rock twice with the staff. Water came pouring out, and all the people and their animals drank.
• Psalms 106:32They made God angry by the water at Meribah. Things turned out badly for Moses because of what they did,
• Micah 6:3“My people, what have I done to you? How have I tried your patience? Answer me!
• Matthew 20:15Can’t I do what I want with my own money? Or do you resent my generosity towards others?’
• James 1:19Remember this, my dear brothers and sisters: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and should not get angry easily.

Commentaries on Jonah 4:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Doest thou well to be angry? - לך הרה ההיטב haheitib harah lac, "Is anger good for thee?" No, anger is good for no man; but an angry preacher, minister, bishop, or prophet, is an abominable man. He who, in denouncing the word of God against sinners, joins his own passions with the Divine threatenings, is a cruel and bad man, and should not be an overseer in God's house. A surly bishop, a peevish, passionate preacher, will bring neither glory to God, nor…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And the Lord said, Doest thou well to be angry? - oGod, being appealed to, answers the appeal. So does He often in prayer, by some secret voice, answer the inquirer. There is right anger against the sin. Moses‘ anger was right, when he broke the tables. Exodus 32:19. God secretly suggests to Jonah that his anger was not right, as our Lord instructed Luke 9:55. James and John that “theirs” was not. The question relates to the quality, not to the greatness…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The Lord responds with a rhetorical question, implying the answer is "No, of course not!" The lesson that follows shows why Jonah should not be angry (Jonah 4:6–11).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Doest thou well to be angry?--or grieved; rather as the Margin, "Art thou much angry," or "grieved?" [Fairbairn with the Septuagint and Syriac]. But English Version suits the spirit of the passage, and is quite tenable in the Hebrew [Gesenius].Read the comment

Topics related to Jonah 4:4

• Anger
• Presumption

In the dictionaries

• Intercession
• Jonah, the Book of

Commentaries on Jonah 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings