Jonah 4:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

And the Lorde God prepared a gourde, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadowe ouer his head and deliuer him from his griefe. So Ionah was exceeding glad of the gourde.

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  • Esth 5:9 : 9 Then went Haman forth the same day ioyfull and with a glad heart. But when Haman sawe Mordecai in the Kings gate, that he stoode not vp, nor moued for him, then was Haman full of indignation at Mordecai.
  • Ps 103:10-14 : 10 He hath not dealt with vs after our sinnes, nor rewarded vs according to our iniquities. 11 For as high as the heauen is aboue ye earth, so great is his mercie toward them that feare him. 12 As farre as the East is from the West: so farre hath he remooued our sinnes from vs. 13 As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that feare him. 14 For he knoweth whereof we be made: he remembreth that we are but dust.
  • Isa 39:2 : 2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, and shewed them the house of the treasures, the siluer, and the golde, and the spices, and the precious ointment, and all the house of his armour, and all that was founde in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his kingdome that Hezekiah shewed them not.
  • Amos 6:13 : 13 Ye reioyce in a thing of nought: yee say, Haue not wee gotten vs hornes by our owne strength?
  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 Nowe the Lorde had prepared a great fish to swallowe vp Ionah: and Ionah was in the belly of the fish three dayes, and three nightes.
  • Luke 10:20 : 20 Neuerthelesse, in this reioyce not, that the spirits are subdued vnto you: but rather reioyce, because your names are written in heauen.
  • 1 Cor 7:30 : 30 And they that weepe, as though they wept not: and they that reioyce, as though they reioyced not: and they that bye, as though they possessed not:

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    7But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, & it smote the gourd, that it withered.

    8And when the sunne did arise, God prepared also a feruent East winde: and the sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that he fainted, and wished in his heart to die, and said, It is better for me to dye, then to liue.

    9And God said vnto Ionah, Doest thou wel to be angrie for the gourde? And he said, I doe well to be angrie vnto the death.

    10Then said the Lorde, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it growe, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night,

  • Jonah 4:4-5
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    4Then saide the Lorde, Doest thou well to be angry?

    5So Ionah went out of the citie and sate on the East side of the citie, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadowe till he might see what should be done in the citie.

  • Jonah 4:1-2
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    1Therefore it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was angry.

    2And he prayed vnto the Lord, and saide, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my countrey? therefore I preuented it to flee vnto Tarshish: for I knewe that thou art a gratious God, & merciful, slow to anger, & of great kindnes, and repentest thee of the euill.

  • Jonah 1:14-17
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    14Wherefore they cryed vnto the Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O Lord, we beseech thee, let vs not perish for this mans life, and lay not vpon vs innocent blood: for thou, O Lord, hast done, as it pleased thee.

    15So they tooke vp Ionah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceased from her raging.

    16Then the men feared the Lorde exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice vnto the Lorde, and made vowes.

    17Nowe the Lorde had prepared a great fish to swallowe vp Ionah: and Ionah was in the belly of the fish three dayes, and three nightes.

  • Jonah 1:1-8
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    1The worde of the Lorde came also vnto Ionah the sonne of Amittai, saying,

    2Arise, and goe to Nineueh, that great citie, and crye against it: for their wickednesse is come vp before mee.

    3But Ionah rose vp to flee into Tarshish fro the presence of the Lord, and went downe to Iapho: and he founde a ship going to Tarshish: so he payed the fare thereof, and went downe into it, that he might go with them vnto Tarshish, from the presence of the Lord.

    4But the Lorde sent out a great winde into the sea, and there was a mightie tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

    5Then the mariners were afraide, and cryed euery man vnto his God, and cast the wares that were in the ship, into the sea to lighten it of the: but Ionah was gone downe into the sides of the ship, and he lay downe, and was fast a sleepe.

    6So the shipmaster came to him, and saide vnto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? Arise, call vpon thy God, if so be that God wil thinke vpon vs, that we perish not.

    7And they saide euery one to his fellowe, Come, and let vs cast lottes, that we may know, for whose cause this euill is vpon vs. So they cast lottes, and the lot fell vpon Ionah.

    8Then said they vnto him, Tell vs for whose cause this euill is vpon vs? what is thine occupation? and whence commest thou? which is thy countrey? and of what people art thou?

  • Jonah 2:10
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    10And the Lorde spake vnto the fish, and it cast out Ionah vpon the dry lande.

  • Jonah 2:1
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    1Then Ionah prayed vnto the Lorde his God out of the fishes belly,

  • Ezek 17:5-11
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    5Hee tooke also of the seede of the lande, and planted it in a fruitfull ground: hee placed it by great waters, and set it as a willowe tree.

    6And it budded vp, and was like a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward it, and the rootes thereof were vnder it: so it became a vine, and it brought foorth branches, and shot foorth buds.

    7There was also another great egle with great wings and many feathers, and beholde, this vine did turne her rootes toward it, & spred foorth her branches toward it, that she might water it by the trenches of her plantation.

    8It was planted in a good soyle by great waters, that it should bring forth branches, and beare fruite, and be an excellent vine.

    9Say thou, Thus saith the Lord God, Shall it prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes thereof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to drie? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

    10Beholde, it was planted: but shal it prosper? shall it not be dried vp, and wither? when the East winde shall touch it, it shall wither in the trenches, where it grewe.

    11Moreouer, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

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    6And a couering shalbe for a shadow in the day for the heate, and a place of refuge and a couert for the storme and for the raine.

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    1And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Ionah the seconde time, saying,

    2Arise, goe vnto Nineueh that great citie, & preach vnto it the preaching, which I bid thee.

    3So Ionah arose & went to Nineueh according to ye word of the Lord: now Nineueh was a great & excellent citie of three dayes iourney.

    4And Ionah began to enter into the citie a dayes iourney, and he cryed, and said, Yet fourtie dayes, and Nineueh shalbe ouerthrowen.

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    39And one went out into the fielde, to gather herbes, and founde, as it were, a wilde vine, & gathered thereof wilde gourdes his garment ful, and came & shred them into the pot of pottage: for they knew it not.

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    9Thou madest roume for it, and didest cause it to take roote, and it filled the land.

    10The mountaines were couered with the shadowe of it, and the boughes thereof were like the goodly cedars.

  • Isa 18:4-5
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    4For so the Lord saide vnto me, I will rest and beholde in my tabernacle, as the heate drying vp the rayne, and as a cloude of dewe in the heate of haruest.

    5For afore the haruest when the floure is finished, and the fruite is riping in the floure, then he shall cut downe the branches with hookes, and shall take away, and cut off the boughes:

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    11(4:8) A great tree and strong, and the height thereof reached vnto heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.

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    16The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.

  • Jer 17:8
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    8For he shall be as a tree that is planted by the water, which spreadeth out her rootes by the riuer, and shall not feele when the heate commeth, but her leafe shall be greene, and shall not care for the yeere of drought, neyther shall cease from yeelding fruit.

  • Jonah 3:6
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    6For worde came vnto the King of Nineueh, and he rose from his throne, and he layed his robe from him, and couered him with sackecloth, and sate in ashes.