Jonah 4:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Jonah 4:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Doest thou well to be angry? - o “See again how Almighty God, out of His boundless lovingkindness, with the yearning tenderness of a father, almost disporteth with the guileless souls of the sa...
Jonah 4:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be (g) angry, [even] unto death. (g) This declares the great inconveniences into which God's servants fall...
Jonah 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

I do well. Supply "I do well [it is right]".
Jonah 4:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We see here that God had concealed himself for a time, but did not yet forsake his servant. He often looks on us from behind; that is, though we think that he has forgotten us, he yet observes...
Jonah 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. I do well to be angry, even unto death - Many persons suppose that the gifts o...
Jonah 4:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? - (not...
Jonah 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Doest thou well ...? — See Note to Jonah 4:4 . Jonah was really hurt at the loss of his shade, not sorry for the destruction of the gourd. But it is very true to nature that the moment a worthier e...
Jonah 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Was there ever an instance of grace so recompensed with open contumacy? Was there ever an example of impudent rebellion more pointed than this?
Jonah 4:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And God said to Jonah, dost thou well to be angry for the gourd ?.... Or, "art thou very angry for it?" as the Targum: no mention is made of the blustering wind and scorching sun, because the gourd...
Jonah 4:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 9. Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? ] What? so soon blown up...
Jonah 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Doest thou well to be angry? see Jonah 4:4 . For the gourd: God adds this to the same question before proposed, that Jonah might be his own judge, and at once condemn his own passions, justify...
Jonah 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - 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 4:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 7:10 ; Genesis 4:5-14 ; Job 18:4 ; Job 40:4 ; Job 40:5 ; Job 5:2 ; Jonah 4:4 ; Judges 16:16 ; Matthew 26:38 ; Revelation 9:6
Jonah 4:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

I do well to be angry — If in the violence of this passion I should die (as some have) yet were I not to blame. What a speech! Verily the law made nothing perfect!

Jonah 4:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jonah 4:9 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Jonah 4:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jonah 4:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jonah 4:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jonah 4:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jonah 4:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jonah 4:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 4:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jonah 4:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jonah 4:9 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jonah 4:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jonah 4:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jonah 4:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jonah 4:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jonah 4:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jonah 4:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jonah 4:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes