Parallel Verses
Amplified
Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have a good reason to be angry about [the loss of] the plant?” And he said, “I have a [very] good reason to be angry, angry enough to die!”
New American Standard Bible
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.”
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.
Holman Bible
Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”
“Yes,” he replied. “It is right. I’m angry enough to die!”
International Standard Version
Then God asked Jonah, "Is your anger about the vine plant justified?" And he answered, "Absolutely! I'm so angry I could die!"
A Conservative Version
And God said to Jonah, Do thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.
American Standard 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.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Darby Translation
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will say to Jonah, Was it well to kindle to thee for the gourd? And he will say, It was well to kindle to me, even to death.
King James 2000
And God said to Jonah, Do you do well to be angry about the plant? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So God said to Jonah, "{Is it right for you to be angry} about the plant?" And he said, "{It is right for me to be angry enough to die}!"
Modern King James verseion
And God said to Jonah, Is your anger rightly kindled over the plant? And he said, My anger is rightly kindled, even to death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And God said unto Jonah, "Art thou so angry for thy wild vine?" And he said, "I am angry a good, even unto the death."
NET Bible
God said to Jonah, "Are you really so very angry about the little plant?" And he said, "I am as angry as I could possibly be!"
New Heart English 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."
The Emphasized Bible
Then said God unto Jonah, Art thou rightly angry over the gourd? And he said, I am rightly angry, unto death.
Webster
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.
World English 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."
Youngs Literal Translation
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.'
Themes
Anger » Instances of » Jonah, because the gourd withered
Gourd » Jonah's, believed to be a vine resembling the american squash, used in assyria to cover huts
Impatience » Jonah, at the blasting of the gourd
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Taught a lesson of the breadth of the divine love
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jonah
Interlinear
Yatab
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 4:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Is Angry At Yahweh's Compassion
8 When the sun came up God prepared a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he fainted and he wished to die, and said, “It is better for me to die than to live.” 9 Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have a good reason to be angry about [the loss of] the plant?” And he said, “I have a [very] good reason to be angry, angry enough to die!” 10 Then the Lord said, “You had compassion on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which came up overnight and perished overnight.
Names
Cross References
Genesis 4:5-14
but for Cain and his offering He had no respect. So Cain became extremely angry (indignant), and
Judges 16:16
When she pressured him day after day with her words and pleaded with him, he was annoyed to death.
Job 5:2
“For anger slays the foolish man,
And jealousy kills the simple (naive).
Job 18:4
“You who tear yourself apart in anger,
Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock to be moved out of its place?
Job 40:4-5
“Behold, I am of little importance and contemptible; what can I reply to You?
I lay my hand on my mouth.
Matthew 26:38
Then He said to them,
2 Corinthians 7:10
For [godly] sorrow that is in accord with the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but worldly sorrow [the hopeless sorrow of those who do not believe] produces death.
Revelation 9:6
And in those days people will seek death and will not find it; and they will long to die [to escape the pain], but [will discover that] death evades them.