Jonah 4:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jonah 4:9 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jonah 4:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“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.””

Jonah 4:9 — World English Bible

Jonah 4:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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 — American Standard Version

Jonah 4:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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.'”

Jonah 4:9 — Young's Literal Translation

Jonah 4:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“AndGod said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death. ”

Jonah 4:9 — Darby Translation

Jonah 4:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And God said vnto Ionah, Doest thou well to be angrie for the gourde? And he said, I doe well to be angrie vnto the death.”

Jonah 4:9 — Geneva Bible

Jonah 4:9 in Context — Jonah 4

7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

8 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 for me to die than to live.

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.

10 Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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What Does Jonah 4:9 Mean?

Jonah 4:9 is a verse from the Book of Jonah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jonah chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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