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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

Jonah persists here in his discontent; for the beginning of strife both with God and man is as the letting forth of waters, the breach grows wider and wider, and, when passion gets head, bad is made worse; it should therefore be silenced and suppressed at first. We have here, I. Jonah's sullen expectation of the fate of Nineveh. We may suppose that the Ninevites, giving credit to the message he brought, were ready to give entertainment to the messenger that brought it, and to show him respect,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:6

And the Lord God prepared a gourd ,.... So the Septuagint render the word; but some say that a worm will not touch that; Jerom renders it an ivy; but neither the gourd nor that rise upwards without some props to support them. The Hebrew word is "kikaion", the same with the "kiki", or "cici", of Herodotus F3 Euterpe, sive l. 2. c. 94. , Dioscorides F4 L. 4. c. 164. , Strabo F5 Geograph. l. 17. p. 566. , and Pliny F6 Nat. Hist. l. 15. c. 7. ; a plant frequent in Egypt,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:6

And the Lord God prepared a gourd - I believe this should be rendered in the preterpluperfect tense. The Lord Had prepared this plant, קיקיון kikayon . It had in the course of God's providence been planted and grown up in that place, though perhaps not yet in full leaf; and Jonah made that his tent. And its thick branches and large leaves made it an ample shelter for him, and because it was such, he rejoiced greatly on the account. But what was the kikayon ? The best judges say the ... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:6

Verse 6 Before I proceed to treat on the contents of these verses, I will say a few things on the word קיקיון, kikiun; for there were formerly some disputes respecting this word. Some render it, a gourd; (eucurbitam) others think it to have been a cucumber. Free conjectures are commonly made respecting obscure and unknown things. However, the first rendering has been the received one: and Augustine says, that a tumult arose in some church, when the Bishop rend the new interpretation of Jerome,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:1-11

JONAH 'S DISPLEASURE AND ITS CORRECTION . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

Divine mercy formulating its own apologetic. God is patient and persistent to a marvel. He sticks to men whom we would unhesitatingly cast off, and bears with them when, to our mind, patience has ceased to be a virtue. His keen eye sees ground for hope where we should utterly despair; and he goes on dealing with cases that we should regard as quite beyond treatment. The case of Jonah was one in point. He displayed a mulish obstinacy, and a tenacious and assertive self-will, on which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

God's remonstrance with Jonah. "So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, end there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city," etc. Jonah appears to have gone out of the city and taken up his abode in the booth before he knew that Nineveh was to be spared. As Noah entered the ark before the Flood came, and waited for the moment when the judgment of Heaven would verify the warnings of a hundred and twenty... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6

Prepared ( Jonah 4:7 , Jonah 4:8 ); appointed (see note on Jonah 1:17 ). A gourd ; Hebrew, kikaion (here only in the Old Testament); Septuagint, κολοκύνθη ," pumpkin;" Vulgate, hedera; Aquila and Theodotion, κυκεών . Jerome describes this as a shrub called in Syriac elkeroa, and common in the sandy regions of Palestine. It has large leaves and grows to a considerable height in a very few days, so that a mere shrub becomes quickly a small tree. The scientific name of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-7

3 . God causes a plant to spring up in order to shade Jonah from the sun; but it is made soon to wither away and leave him exposed to the scorching rays. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-8

Jonah and the gourd. Welcome was the broad shadow of the gourd rising round the booth and above it! The great glare in subdued green light streamed through the leaves to the calmed and cooled and comforted prophet. Just now he wished to die. Now he was willing to live—"exceeding glad of the gourd." Short-lived was his gladness. Worm-smitten, the gourd withered. A day of beauty and value, and then the end of it. And now, unsheltered by the plant, exposed to branding sun and burning... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:6

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:5-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-8

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