9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.


In Context

6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

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 rose 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 to death.

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

11 And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also many cattle?

Jonah 4:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:9But God said to Jonah, "Do you have a right to be angry about the vine?" "I do," he said. "I am angry enough to die."

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And the Lord said to Jonas: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto death.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, unto death.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9God 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.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:9And 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:9And God said to Jonah, Do you well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even to death.