Jonah 4:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehementb east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live. ”

Jonah 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

God prepared a vehement - o (The English margin following the Chaldee, “silent,” i. e., “sultry”). East wind - The winds in the East, blowing over the sand-deserts, intensely increase the d...
Jonah 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 4. Jonah's Intolerance Rebuked and God's Mercy Vindicated. God's clemency to Nineveh made Jonah very angry. It was not, as we might be tempted to suppose, that he felt his professional credit...
Jonah 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

vehement . silent, still. Hence, sultry. Occurs only here. Not. "late" word, but not required to be used before this. east wind . hot wind. Not the same kind as in western climes. Ref to Pent (Ex...
Jonah 4:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It is now added, that when the sun arose the day following, a wind was prepared. We here learn the same thing, — that winds do not of themselves rise, or by chance, but are stirred up by a D...
Jonah 4:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 1203 JONAH’S GOURD John 4:5-9 . So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what...
Jonah 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better f...
Jonah 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

So Jonah went out, &c.— Now Jonah had gone out—and he sat, &c. The author of the Observations asks upon this difficult passage, Did Jonah make himself a booth of boughs, in which to wai...
Jonah 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better...
Jonah 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah's Jealousy contrasted with Jehovah's Compassion 1. Jonah's anger has a double cause, wounded pride that his words are proved false, and indignation that the God of Israel should pity heathen...
Jonah 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Vehement east wind. — The derivation from a root meaning silent (see margin) points to what travellers describe as the “quiet kind of sirocco,” which is often more overpowering than the more bois...
Jonah 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

ISRAEL'S JEALOUSY OF JEHOVAH John 4:1-11 HAVING illustrated the truth, that the Gentiles are capable of repentance unto life, the Book now describes the effect of their escape upon Jonah, and c...
Jonah 4:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Prophet's Narrowness Rebuked John 4:1-11 This chapter marks an era in the development of the outlook of the Hebrew people. Here, upon its repentance, a heathen city was pardoned. Clearly Je...
Jonah 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The final picture of the controversy between Jonah and Jehovah reveals most vividly, through Jonah, the attitude of the ancient people which his story was intended to correct, and Jehovah's care for,...
Jonah 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I cannot sufficiently admire, nor adore, the condescending benignity of the Lord, in the tender method the Lord took to recover the Prophet from his petulance. Reader! look at the Lord in those graci...
Jonah 4:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE PREPARATIONS OF GOD ‘The Lord God prepared.’ Jonah 4:6-8 There is often great looseness and want of precision in our thoughts about God and His actings. And these always produce their n...
Jonah 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it came to pass when the sun did arise ,.... After that the gourd was smitten and withered; when it was not only risen, but shone out with great force and heat: that God prepared a vehement ea...
Jonah 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better f...
Jonah 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Doest thou well to be angry? What a mild reproof was this from God, for such a passionate behaviour as Jonah manifested! Here the prophet experienced that Jehovah was a gracious God, merciful, and...
Jonah 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet's Discontent; The Withering of the Prophet's Gourd; God's Remonstrance with Jonah. B. C. 840....
Jonah 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

And it came to pass, after all these passages both in chastising and refreshing Jonah, and after all Jonah's deportment under them, but more immediately after the withering of the gourd and the los...
Jonah 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Uses An Illustration In Order to Demonstrate To Jonah The Reasonableness Of His Mercy ( Jonah 4:1-11 ). The mercy of YHWH having been revealed in chapter 1 to the mariners, in chapter 2 to Jo...
Jonah 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Angry ] Lit. hot with anger; to burn inwardly: the verb usually restricted to anger, but ( Jonah 4:4 ; Jonah 4:9 ) rendered to grieve. Jonah’s vexation grew to anger. Nineveh’s des...
Jonah 4:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

fainted Compare ( 1 Kings 19:4-8 ). Taken as a lesson in service we have in Jonah a servant, (1) disobedient, ( Jonah 1:1-11 ); (2) afflicted, ( Jonah 1:12-17 ); (3) praying ( Jona...
Jonah 4:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 1-4 Jonah buried and risen a type of Christ. I. More than once in the course of our Lord's ministry, among different persons and for different objects, He makes use of the similitude of the...
Jonah 4:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

You know all about Jonah's refusal to go upon the Lord's errand, and how he was held to it, and carried to his work in a great fish as he would not go by himself. Somehow or other, God will make his...
Jonah 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 4:6 . A gourd. Plants of this genera exceed all others in the rapidity of their growth. Jonah 4:11 . Six score thousand infants. By consequence, the elder children and adults, must have...
Jonah 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

So Jonah went out of the city. God’s expostulation with Jonah We may presume that Jonah had two reasons for going out of Nineveh. One was, that he might provide for his personal safety. The oth...
Jonah 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jonah 4:1-32 JONAH 'S DISPLEASURE AND ITS CORRECTION . Jonah 4:1-32 1 . Jonah is grieved at the sparing of Nineveh, the expectation of which had led to his former f...
Jonah 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah's Displeasure and the Lord's Reproof. That Jonah was easily swayed by his emotions is evident from the entire story of his book, but appears particularly from the last Chapter. At the same t...
Jonah 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 3:18 ; 2 Samuel 15:25 ; 2 Samuel 15:26 ; Ezekiel 19:12 ; Isaiah 49:10 ; Job 2:10 ; Jonah 1:17 ; Jonah 1:4 ; Jonah 4:3 ; Jonah 4:6 ; Jonah 4:7 ; Leviticus 10:3 ; Psalms 121:6 ;...
Jonah 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A east wind — A dry, scorching, blasting wind. Fainted — Overcome by the heat. Better to die — But Jonah must be wiser, and humbler, and more merciful too, e'er he die. Before God hath done with hi...

Jonah 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jonah 4:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jonah 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jonah 4:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jonah 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jonah 4:8 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Jonah 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jonah 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jonah 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jonah 4:8 - Scofield Reference Notes

Jonah 4:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 4:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jonah 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jonah 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jonah 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes