Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Then said God unto Jonah, Art thou rightly angry over the gourd? And he said, I am rightly angry, unto death.
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.
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!”
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."
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 And it came to pass, at the breaking forth of the sun, that God appointed a sultry east wind, and the sun smote upon the head of Jonah, that he became faint, - and asked his life, that he might die, and said, It were better for me, to die, than, to live. 9 Then said God unto Jonah, Art thou rightly angry over the gourd? And he said, I am rightly angry, unto death. 10 Then said Yahweh, Thou, wouldest have spared the gourd, for which thou hadst not toiled, neither hadst thou made it grow, - which, as the off-spring of a night, came up, and, as the offspring of a night, perished;
Names
Cross References
Genesis 4:5-14
but of Cain and his present, he approved not, - and it angered Cain greatly, and his countenance fell.
Judges 16:16
And it came to pass, when she urged him with her words continually, and pressed him, that his soul became impatient, unto death;
Job 5:2
For, to the foolish man, death is caused by vexation, and, the simple one, is slain by jealousy.
Job 18:4
One tearing in pieces his own soul in his anger, - For thy sake, shall the earth be forsaken? or the rock be moved out of its place?
Job 40:4-5
Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:
Matthew 26:38
Then, saith he unto them: Encompassed with grief, is my soul, unto death: Abide ye here, and be watching with me.
2 Corinthians 7:10
For, grief according to God, worketh, repentance unto salvation, not to be regretted; although, the grieving of the world, worketh, death.
Revelation 9:6
And, in those days, shall men seek death, and in nowise shall find it, and shall covet to die, and death fleeth from them.