New American Standard Bible 1995
Jonah 4:3-11
3Therefore nowH6258, O LordH3068, pleaseH4994 1takeH3947 my 2lifeH5315 from me, for deathH4194 is 3betterH2896 to me thanH4480 lifeH2425.” 4The LordH3068 saidH559, “Do you have goodH3190 reasonH3190 to be angryH2734?”
5Then JonahH3124 wentH3318 out from the cityH5892 and satH3427 eastH6924 of 4it. ThereH8033 he madeH6213 a shelterH5521 for himself and 5satH3427 underH8478 it in the shadeH6738 untilH5704H834 he could seeH7200 whatH4100 would happenH1961 in the cityH5892. 6So the LordH3068 GodH430 appointedH4487 a 6plantH7021 and it grewH5927 up overH4480H5921 JonahH3124 to be a shadeH6738 overH5921 his headH7218 to deliverH5337 him from his discomfortH7463. And JonahH3124 was 7extremelyH8057H1419 happyH8055 aboutH5921 the 8plantH7021. 7But GodH430 appointedH4487 a wormH8439 when dawnH7837 cameH5927 the nextH4283 dayH4283 and it attackedH5221 the plantH7021 and it 9witheredH3001. 8When the sunH8121 cameH2224 up GodH430 appointedH4487 a scorchingH2759 10eastH6921 windH7307, and the 11sunH8121 beatH5221 downH5221 on Jonah’sH3124 headH7218 so that he becameH5968 faintH5968 and beggedH7592 with all his soulH5315 to dieH4191, sayingH559, “12DeathH4194 is betterH2896 to me thanH4480 lifeH2425.”
9Then GodH430 saidH559 to JonahH3124, “Do you have goodH3190 reasonH3190 to be angryH2734 aboutH5921 the plantH7021?” And he saidH559, “I have goodH3190 reasonH3190 to be angryH2734, even to deathH4194.” 10Then the LordH3068 saidH559, “You hadH2347 compassionH2347 on the plantH7021 for whichH834 you did not workH5998 and which you did not cause to growH1431, whichH7945 13cameH1961 up overnightH1121H3915 and perishedH6 14overnightH1121H3915. 11Should I not 15haveH2347 compassionH2347 on NinevehH5210, the greatH1419 cityH5892 in whichH834 thereH3426 are moreH7235 thanH4480 120,000H8147H6240H7239 personsH120 whoH834 do not 16knowH3045 the difference betweenH996 their rightH3225 and leftH8040 handH8040, as well as manyH7227 17animalsH929?”
Notes
- 1. Jonah 4:3 1 Kin 19:4; Job 6:8, 9 ↩
- 2. Jonah 4:3 Lit soul ↩
- 3. Jonah 4:3 Job 7:15, 16; Eccl 7:1 ↩
- 4. Jonah 4:5 Lit the city ↩
- 5. Jonah 4:5 1 Kin 19:9, 13 ↩
- 6. Jonah 4:6 Probably a castor oil plant, and so in vv 7, 9 and 10 ↩
- 7. Jonah 4:6 Lit greatly ↩
- 8. Jonah 4:6 Probably a castor oil plant, and so in vv 7, 9 and 10 ↩
- 9. Jonah 4:7 Joel 1:12 ↩
- 10. Jonah 4:8 Ezek 19:12; Hos 13:15 ↩
- 11. Jonah 4:8 Ps 121:6; Is 49:10 ↩
- 12. Jonah 4:8 Jon 4:3 ↩
- 13. Jonah 4:10 Lit was a son of a night ↩
- 14. Jonah 4:10 Lit a son of a night ↩
- 15. Jonah 4:11 Jon 3:10 ↩
- 16. Jonah 4:11 Deut 1:39; Is 7:16 ↩
- 17. Jonah 4:11 Ps 36:6 ↩
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
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