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.'


In Context

6 And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd with great joy.

7 And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.

8 And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God appointeth a cutting east wind, and the sun smiteth on the head of Jonah, and he wrappeth himself up, and asketh his soul to die, and saith, 'Better is my death than my life.'

9 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.'

10 And Jehovah saith, 'Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou didst not labour, neither didst thou nourish it, which a son of a night was, and a son of a night perished,

11 and I — have not I pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than twelve myriads of human beings, who have not known between their right hand and their left — and much 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 Webster 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, even to 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 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.