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Jonah’s Anger at the LORD’s Compassion

Jonah 4:4

In 11 translations

BSB
But the LORD replied, “Have you any right to be angry?”
KJV
¶ Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?Doest…: or, Art thou greatly angry?
WEB
Yahweh said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
ASV
And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?
LSV
And YHWH says, “Is doing good displeasing to you?”
YLT
And Jehovah saith, 'Is doing good displeasing to thee?'
DBY
And Jehovah said, Doest thou well to be angry?
DRC
And the Lord said: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry?
GNV
Then saide the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?
JPS
And the LORD said: 'Art thou greatly angry?'
LXXE
And the Lord said to Jonas, Art thou very much grieved?

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה הַהֵיטֵ֖ב חָ֥רָה לָֽךְ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρὸς Ἰωνᾶν, εἰ σφόδρα λελύπησαι σύ;

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  • Jonah and the great fish Jonah flees God's call to Nineveh; thrown overboard, he is swallowed by a great fish and returned to land. Sent again, he warns the city; it…

Cross-references most cited first

  • Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
  • Jonah 4:9Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
  • Psalms 106:32–33At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them. For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.
  • Micah 6:3‘My people, what have I done to you? Testify against Me how I have wearied you!
  • James 1:19–20My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteousness that God desires.
  • Numbers 20:11–12Then Moses raised his hand and struck the rock twice with his staff, so that a great amount of water gushed out, and the congregation and their livestock were able to drink. But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,…
  • Numbers 20:24“Aaron will be gathered to his people; he will not enter the land that I have given the Israelites, because both of you rebelled against My command at the waters of Meribah.

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