Jonah 4:1 KJV — MannaFest

Jonah 4:1

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

KJV

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ASV

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

WEB

Jonah, however, was greatly displeased, and he became angry.

YLT

And it is grievous unto Jonah--a great evil--and he is displeased at it;

DBT

And it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angry.

About this book

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Jonah — A reluctant prophet fleeing from Nineveh, a storm, a great fish, a repentant city, and a bush. The only prophet whose book is entirely narrative — and whose complaint against God's mercy is the book's real subject.

Author: The book is anonymous; Jonah son of Amittai is the subject (1:1; cf. 2 Kings 14:25)
Date: Jonah's historical ministry c. 8th c. BC under Jeroboam II; book's composition disputed

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12 verses on the floor

Luke 15:28
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
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.
Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Psalms 37:8
Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not thyself in any wise to do evil.
Jonah 4:4
Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?

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Though the beginning may not have been wrong, yet excess was sinful. But he confesses that there was excess, and want of moderation in his grief: since then he accuses himself in plain words what good is it, by false and invented pretenses, to cover what we clearly see cannot be excused?

John Calvin· Commentaries, 1554reformed

(3.) That he had so little affection for men as to be displeased and very angry at the conversion of the Ninevites and their reception into the divine favour. This was the sin of the scribes and Pharisees, who murmured at our Saviour because he entertained publicans and sinners; but is our eye evil because his is good?

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Jonah was grieved because Nineveh's preservation, after his denunciation, made him seem a false prophet [CALVIN]. But it would make Jonah a demon, not a man, to have preferred the destruction of six hundred thousand men rather than that his prophecy should be set aside through God's mercy triumphing over judgment.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H312419× in canon H273491× in canon

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

JON 4:1LUK 7:39 LUK 15:2
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JON 4:1JON 4:4 JON 4:9
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
JON 4:1MAT 20:15 ROM 9:15-24
JON 4:1MAT 20:15 DEU 15:9
JON 4:1JON 4:4 MAT 20:15
JON 4:1LUK 7:39 LUK 7:16
JON 4:1MAT 20:15 MAT 6:23
JON 4:1MAT 20:15 MRK 7:22

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