Jonas 4:5-10 NVIPT

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 4:5

So Jonah went out of the city ,.... Had not the inhabitants of it repented, he had done right to go out of it, and shake the dust of his feet against it; or, in such a case, had he gone out of it, as Lot out of Sodom, when just going to be overthrown; but Jonah went out in a sullen fit, because it was to be spared; though some render the words, "now Jonah had gone out of the city" F1 ויצא "exicrat autem", Mercerus; "exivit", Cocceius. ; that is, before all this passed, recorded in... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day ,.... That God that prepared this plant to rise so suddenly, almost as soon prepared a worm to destroy it; for it rose up one night, continued one whole day, to the great delight of Jonah; and by the morning of the following day this worm or grub was prepared in, it, or sent to it, to the root of it: this shows that God is the Creator of the least as well as the largest of creatures, of worms as well as whales, contrary to the notion... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:8

And it came to pass when the sun did arise ,.... After that the gourd was smitten and withered; when it was not only risen, but shone out with great force and heat: that God prepared a vehement east wind ; or, "a deafening east wind" F21 חרישית "surdefacientem", Munster; "ex surdentem", Montanus; "surdum", Drusius. ; which blew so strong, and so loud, as R. Marinus in Aben Ezra and Kimchi say, made people deaf that heard it: or, "a silencing east wind"; which when it blew, all... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:9

And God said to Jonah, dost thou well to be angry for the gourd ?.... Or, "art thou very angry for it?" as the Targum: no mention is made of the blustering wind and scorching sun, because the gourd or plant raised up over him would have protected him from the injuries of both, had it continued; and it was for the loss of that that Jonah was so displeased, and in such a passion. This question is put in order to draw out the following answer, and so give an opportunity of improving this affair... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:10

Then said the Lord, thou hast had pity on the gourd ,.... Or, "hast spared it" F3 חסת "pepercisiti", Pagninus, Montanus, Mercerus, Burkius; "pepercisses", Piscator. ; that is, would have spared it, had it lain in his power, though but a weeds and worthless thing: for the which thou hast not laboured ; in digging the ground, and by sowing or planting it; it being raised up at once by the Lord himself, and not by any, human art and industry; nor by any of his: neither madest it... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:5

So Jonah went out of the city - I believe this refers to what had already passed; and I therefore agree with Bp. Newcome, who translates, "Now Jonah Had gone out of the city, and Had sat," etc.; for there are many instances where verbs in the preterite form have this force, the ו vau here turning the future into the preterite. And the passage is here to be understood thus: When he had delivered his message he left the city, and went and made himself a tent, or got under some shelter on... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm - By being eaten through the root, the plant, losing its nourishment, would soon wither; and this was the case in the present instance. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:5

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jonah 4:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:5

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jonah 4:7

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