ヨナ書 4:6 JC

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-8

The gourd, the worm, and the east wind. Jonah was not faultless after his prayer and penitence. He undertook his work, and boldly proclaimed his message in Nineveh. His success was beyond expectation. The whole city was moved, and all the inhabitants fasted, repented, and prayed. And in the mercy which is ever his delight, God averted the threatened disaster. "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry." He was indignant that his message should appear to be unfulfilled, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-8

Emblems of man's earthly good, and God's disciplinary procedure. "And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd," etc. I shall use these verses as presenting an emblem of man's earthly good, and an emblem of God's disciplinary procedure. I. AS AN EMBLEM OF MAN 'S EARTHLY GOOD . I take the "gourd" to represent this. What this plant was,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 4:6

And the Lord God prepared a gourd - , (a palm-christ, English margin, rightly.) . “God again commanded the gourd, as he did the whale, willing only that this should be. Forthwith it springs up beautiful and full of flower, and straightway was a roof to the whole booth, and anoints him so to speak with joy, with its deep shade. The prophet rejoices at it exceedingly, as being a great and thankworthy thing. See now herein too the simplicity of his mind. For he was grieved exceedingly, because... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 4:4-9

Jonah 4:4-9. Doest thou well to be angry? What a mild reproof was this from God, for such a passionate behaviour as Jonah manifested! Here the prophet experienced that Jehovah was a gracious God, merciful, and slow to anger. Here we learn by the highest example, that of God himself, how mild and gentle we ought to be if we would be like him, even to those who carry themselves toward us in the most unreasonable and unjustifiable manner. So Jonah went out of the city The words should... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:1-11

A lesson about mercy (4:1-11)It now became clear why Jonah did not want to preach in Nineveh. He wanted the Ninevites to be destroyed, not spared; he wanted them to be punished, not forgiven. He knew that God was merciful to sinners, but he wanted this divine blessing reserved solely for the people of Israel. He would rather die than see Gentiles forgiven the same as Israelites (4:1-3).God wanted to make Jonah see that he had no right to be angry, but Jonah refused to listen. Apparently still... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 4:6

God. Hebrew. Elohim (i.e. Creator). App-4 . prepared = appointed: as in verses: Jonah 4:7 , Jonah 4:8 , Jon 4:17 . gourd. Hebrew. kikayon . Art Egyptian word. shadow. to deliver him. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia ( App-6 ). Hebrew. tzel. le hatztzel. grief = evil, or evil ease. Heb ra'a'. App-44 . was exceeding glad. Note the Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ) for emphasis. Hebrew = rejoiced with great rejoicing. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 4:6

"And Jehovah 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 evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.""God prepared a gourd ..." All kinds of fanciful "explanations" of this have been attempted, one of the favorite devices being that of making this "gourd" to be a "castor bean plant," the remarkably rapid growth of which leads some scholars to accept it as the "gourd" mentioned here. These notions... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 4:5-8

Jonah 4:5-8. So Jonah went out, &c.— Now Jonah had gone out—and he sat, &c. The author of the Observations asks upon this difficult passage, Did Jonah make himself a booth of boughs, in which to wait the event of his prophesy; and did the gourd come up in one single night afterward?—So our version supposes, and this is also Lowth's opinion. But had this really been the case, one cannot easily conjecture why the coming up of the gourd should have given him such an exquisite pleasure, or... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 4:6

6. gourd—Hebrew, kikaion; the Egyptian kiki, the "ricinus" or castor-oil plant, commonly called "palm-christ" (palma-christi). It grows from eight to ten feet high. Only one leaf grows on a branch, but that leaf being often more than a foot large, the collective leaves give good shelter from the heat. It grows rapidly, and fades as suddenly when injured. to deliver him from his grief—It was therefore grief, not selfish anger, which Jonah felt (see on Jonah 4:1). Some external comforts will... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 4:5-9

D. God’s rebuke of Jonah for his attitude 4:5-9The Lord proceeded to teach Jonah His ways and to confront him with his attitude problem. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Jonah 4:6-8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jonah 4:6

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jonah 4:4-9

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:1-11

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jonah 4:6

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jonah 4:6

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jonah 4:5-8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jonah 4:6

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jonah 4:5-9

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