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Jonah 4

Jonah 4:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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But it displeased
yara` (Hebrew #3415)
properly, to be broken up (with any violent action) i.e. (figuratively) to fear
KJV usage: be grevious (only Isa. 15:4; the rest belong to 7489).
Pronounce: yaw-rah'
Origin: a primitive root
Jonah
Yonah (Hebrew #3124)
Jonah, an Israelite
KJV usage: Jonah.
Pronounce: yo-naw'
Origin: the same as 3123
exceedingly
ra` (Hebrew #7451)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)
KJV usage: adversity, affliction, bad, calamity, + displease(-ure), distress, evil((- favouredness), man, thing), + exceedingly, X great, grief(-vous), harm, heavy, hurt(-ful), ill (favoured), + mark, mischief(-vous), misery, naught(-ty), noisome, + not please, sad(-ly), sore, sorrow, trouble, vex, wicked(-ly, -ness, one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
Pronounce: rah
Origin: from 7489
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
, and he was very 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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Ministry on This Verse

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1-3:  Jonah repining at God's mercy,
4-11:  is reproved by the type of a gourd.
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, even unto death. (Jonah 4:9)
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Matt. 20:15• 15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? (Matt. 20:15)
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Luke 7:39• 39Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. (Luke 7:39)
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Luke 15:28• 28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him. (Luke 15:28)
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Acts 13:46• 46Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. (Acts 13:46)
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James 4:5‑6• 5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?
 6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble. (James 4:5‑6)
• Jonah indeed practically set aside the fruit of the solemn discipline for his soul which he had gone through in the depths of the sea. But God was the same God; and had His own way of setting Jonah right. (“Jonah 4” by W. Kelly)
• In this chapter, the Lord’s dealings with Jonah picture the deep moral work He will do in restored Israel that will make them willing to receive and share the kingdom blessings with the Gentiles, and to dwell peaceably with them in the Millennium. (“The Prophecies of Jonah” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was angryg.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "much grieved," as 1 Sam. 15.11.