Jonah 4:4

Oh! precious, precious Lord Jesus! do we not see thee here, in this gentle tender expostulation? Reader, pray turn to Luke 9:51-56.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said, Doest thou well to be angry? - o God, being appealed to, answers the appeal. So does He often in prayer, by some secret voic...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be (d) angry? (d) Will you judge when I do things for my glory, and when I do not?
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 tempte...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

There is no doubt but that God by thus reproving Jonah condemns his intemperate warmth. But since God alone is a fit judge of man’s conduct, th...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? Doest thou well to be angry? - ההיטב הרה לך haheitib harah lac, "Is anger good for thee?" No, anger...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Doest thou well to be angry?— Hast thou a sufficient cause to be angry? God asks him, whether his reputation is of so great consequence, that for...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry? - or grieved; margin, 'Art thou greatly, or...
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 indi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Doest thou well to be angry?] RM 'Art thou greatly angry?' A kindly remonstrance to awake better feelings. Jonah makes no reply yet, but goes and s...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Doest thou well? ... — This rendering may be supported by Deuteronomy 5:28 ; Jeremiah 1:12 , and agrees better with the context than the marginal...
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 desc...
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 r...
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 stor...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

USES OF ANGER ‘Doest thou well to be angry?’ ‘Be ye angry, and sin not.’ Jonah 4:4 (with Ephesians 4:26 ). The former text implies that the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then said the Lord, dost thou well to be angry ?] A mild and gentle reproof this; which shows him to be a God gracious and merciful, and slow to ang...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? Ver. 4. Doest thou do well to be angry? ] Or, what? art thou very angry? Nunquid recte? Summon...
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 experienc...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet's Discontent. B. C. 840. 1...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Then, so soon as Jonah's haste had sinned against his God and his own life, said the Lord; either by voice audible to Jonah, or rather by his Spirit;...
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 reveale...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And YHWH said, “Do you do well to be angry?” YHWH then asked him if he really thought that he was doing well by being angry. This is leading up to...
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 gri...
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 differ...
Sermon Bible Commentary

John 4:4 (with Ephesians 4:20 ) The former text implies that there is an anger which is sinful; and the latter text implies that there is an a...
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 g...
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 cons...
The Biblical Illustrator

Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry. Anger reproved Jonah’s anger was not justifiable; for it rose high against God, and quarrelled...
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 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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then said the Lord, in a preliminary, gentle reproof, Doest thou well to be angry? Was there any justification for Jonah's attitude?
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

James 1:19 ; James 1:20 ; Jonah 4:9 ; Micah 6:3 ; Matthew 20:15 ; Numbers 20:11 ; Numbers 20:12 ; Numbers 20:24 ; Psalms 106:32 ; Psalms 10...

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Related Commentaries of Jonah 4:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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