Jonah 4:4

“Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?”

"Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?" - Jonah 4:4
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What does Jonah 4:4 mean?

The Bible verse Jonah 4:4 in the King James Version (KJV) reads: "Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?" This verse comes from the book of Jonah in the Old Testament and is part of the story of Jonah's journey to the city of Nineveh. The book of Jonah is a short book…

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The Anger of Jonah: A Reflection on Humility and God’s Mercy

In the book of Jonah, we witness not only the incredible narrative of a reluctant prophet and a great city, but we unravel layers of deep human emotion, particularly in Jonah's response to God's mercy towards Nineveh. The moment captured in Jonah 4:4 forms the crux of our…

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A Prayer for Understanding Anger

O Lord, our God, we come before You today with humble hearts, seeking Your wisdom and understanding. We reflect upon Your words in Jonah 4:4, where You ask, "Doest thou well to be angry?" In this moment, we pause and contemplate the weight of Your question—a question that…

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Jonah 4:4 - "¶ Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?"
Jonah 4:1 - "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry."
JONAH 4, NINEVAH REPENTING, JONAH BITTER
"But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry." - Jonah 4:1
Jonah 3:4 - "And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown."
Jonah walking through the ancient city of Nineveh, preaching to the Assyrians. Jonah 3:4
Jonah 4:6 - "And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd."
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."
Jonah 4:5-6 Jonah sitting in the desert under a shelter with a plant over the shelter overlooking the city of Nineveh.
Jonah 2:4 Ship fit for the period in which Jonah lived. In daytime, great tempest, big waves, strong winds
Jonah 4:5 - "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 would become of the city."
Jonah 4:6-7 - "And the LORD God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered."
Jonah 1:4-5 ancient sail ship appropriate for time of Jonah, in the mids of a great tempest, dark waters, big waves, strong winds
Jonah 4:7 - "But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered."
"And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd." - Jonah 4:6
Jonah 4:8 - "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."
Jonah 1:4 - "¶ But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken."
Jonah 2:4 - "Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple."
"And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown." - Jonah 3:4
Jonah 4:3 - "Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live."
Jonah 4:8 - "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."
"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
Jonah 4:10 - "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:"
"And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd." - Jonah 4:6
Jonah 4:11 - "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?"
"But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered." - Jonah 4:7
"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 would become of the city." - Jonah 4:5
"¶ But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken." - Jonah 1:4
"Then I said, I am cast out of thy sight; yet I will look again toward thy holy temple." - Jonah 2:4