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Jonah 4

Jonah 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, τDoest thou well
yatab (Hebrew #3190)
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, + be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good((-ness)), be (make) merry, please (+ well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Pronounce: yaw-tab'
Origin: a primitive root
to be angry
charah (Hebrew #2734)
to glow or grow warm; figuratively (usually) to blaze up, of anger, zeal, jealousy
KJV usage: be angry, burn, be displeased, X earnestly, fret self, grieve, be (wax) hot, be incensed, kindle, X very, be wroth. See 8474.
Pronounce: khaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2787)
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or, Art thou greatly angry?

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Doest thou well to be angry?
or, Art thou greatly angry?
Jonah 4:9• 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. (Jonah 4:9)
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Num. 20:11‑12,24• 11And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his staff smote the rock twice, and much water came out, and the assembly drank, and their beasts.
 12And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to hallow me before the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land that I have given them.
 24Aaron shall be gathered unto his peoples; for he shall not enter into the land that I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my commandment at the waters of Meribah. (Num. 20:11‑12,24)
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Psa. 106:32‑33• 32And they moved him to wrath at the waters of Meribah, and it went ill with Moses on their account;
 33For they provoked his spirit, so that he spoke unadvisedly with his lips. (Psa. 106:32‑33)
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Mic. 6:3• 3O my people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? testify against me. (Mic. 6:3)
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Matt. 20:15• 15is it not lawful for me to do what I will in my own affairs? Is thine eye evil because *I* am good? (Matt. 20:15)
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James 1:19‑20• 19So that, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath;
 20for man's wrath does not work God's righteousness. (James 1:19‑20)
• Jehovah, instead of sharply disciplining His refractory servant, graciously condescended to reason with him, “Doest thou well to be angry?” Oh, the contrast between our God, Sovereign in the universe, and the petty despots of earth! (“On the East Side of the City” by W.W. Fereday)
• The gracious question of Jonah 4:4 was repeated in verse 9. To the first inquiry the prophet appears to have made no answer. (“On the East Side of the City” by W.W. Fereday)
• Jonah did the very best thing he could have done—he was silent. His mouth was closed. How graciously the Lord answered Elijah’s prayer! This time the Lord was silent, and instead of a reply in words, He gave him sweet refreshing sleep under a broom-bush and then fed him with a cake baked on hot stones. Was it baked by the same One who prepared the fish on the fire of coals and the bread in John 21?...How gently and graciously the Lord has answered us in our times of disappointment and discouragement, giving us better than all we could ask or think, each one may bear witness for himself! (“Jonah 4: Jonah Is Very Angry” by G.C. Willis)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?

W. Kelly Translation

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Then said Jehovah, Doest thou well to be angry?