Jonah 4:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

And 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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 121:6 : 6 The sunne shall not smite thee by day, nor the moone by night.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore nowe O Lorde, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue.
  • Isa 49:10 : 10 They shal not be hungrie, neither shal they be thirstie, neither shall the heat smite them, nor the sunne: for he that hath compassion on them, shall leade them: euen to the springs of waters shal he driue them.
  • Ezek 19:12 : 12 But she was plucked vp in wrath: she was cast downe to the ground, & the East winde dried vp her fruite: her branches were broken, & withered: as for the rod of her strength, the fire consumed it.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 But 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.
  • 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.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses sayde vnto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will bee sanctified in the that come neere me, & before all the people I will be glorified: but Aaron held his peace.
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 So Samuel tolde him euery whit, and hid nothing from him. Then hee said, It is the Lorde: let him do what seemeth him good.
  • 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 Then the King said vnto Zadok, Carie the Arke of God againe into the citie: if I shall finde fauour in the eyes of the Lorde, he will bring me againe, and shewe me both it, and the Tabernacle thereof. 26 But if he thus say, I haue no delite in thee, behold, here am I, let him doe to me as seemeth good in his eyes.
  • Job 2:10 : 10 But he said vnto her, Thou speakest like a foolish woman: what? shall we receiue good at the hande of God, and not receiue euill? In all this did not Iob sinne with his lippes.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I should haue bene dumme, and not haue opened my mouth, because thou didest it.
  • Jonah 4:6-7 : 6 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. 7 But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, & it smote the gourd, that it withered.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and amend.
  • Rev 7:16 : 16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more, neither shall the sunne light on them, neither any heate.
  • Song 1:6 : 6 Regard ye me not because I am blacke: for the sunne hath looked vpon mee. The sonnes of my mother were angry against mee: they made me the keeper of ye vines: but I kept not mine owne vine.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jonah 4:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    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 4:1-7
    7 verses
    81%

    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.

    3Therefore nowe O Lorde, take, I beseech thee, my life from me: for it is better for me to die then to liue.

    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.

    6And 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.

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

  • Jonah 1:1-8
    8 verses
    75%

    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 1:11-15
    5 verses
    73%

    11Then saide they vnto him, What shall we doe vnto thee, that the sea may be calme vnto vs? (for the sea wrought and was troublous)

    12And he said vnto them, Take me, and cast me into the sea: so shall the sea be calme vnto you: for I knowe that for my sake this great tempest is vpon you.

    13Neuerthelesse, the men rowed to bring it to the lande, but they coulde not: for the sea wrought, and was troublous against them.

    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.

  • Jonah 1:17
    71%

    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 2:10
    70%

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

  • Jonah 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Then Ionah prayed vnto the Lorde his God out of the fishes belly,

    2And said, I cryed in mine affliction vnto the Lorde, and he heard me: out of the bellie of hell cryed I, and thou heardest my voyce.

  • 1 Kgs 19:4
    69%

    4But he went a dayes iourney into the wildernesse, and came and sate downe vnder a iuniper tree, and desired that he might die, and sayde, It is now ynough: O Lord, take my soule, for I am no better then my fathers.

  • Mark 4:6
    68%

    6But assoone as ye Sunne was vp, it was burnt vp, and because it had not roote, it withered away.

  • Jonah 3:1-4
    4 verses
    68%

    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.

  • Job 1:19
    67%

    19And behold, there came a great wind from beyonde the wildernesse, and smote the foure corners of the house, which fel vpon the children, and they are dead, and I onely am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • Eccl 1:5
    66%

    5The sunne riseth, and ye sunne goeth downe, and draweth to his place, where he riseth.

  • Matt 12:40
    66%

    40For as Ionas was three daies & three nights in the whales belly: so shall the Sonne of man be three daies & three nights in ye heart of the earth.

  • Job 27:21
    66%

    21The East winde shall take him away, & he shal depart: & it shal hurle him out of his place.

  • Eccl 11:7
    66%

    7Surely the light is a pleasant thing: and it is a good thing to the eyes to see the sunne.

  • Rev 16:8
    65%

    8And the fourth Angel powred out his viall on the sunne, and it was giuen vnto him to torment men with heate of fire,

  • Isa 27:8
    65%

    8In measure in the branches thereof wilt thou contende with it, when he bloweth with his rough winde in the day of the East winde.

  • Amos 8:9
    65%

    9And in that day, saith the Lorde God, I will euen cause the sunne to go downe at noone: and I will darken the earth in the cleare day.

  • Mark 4:37
    65%

    37And there arose a great storme of winde, and the waues dashed into the shippe, so that it was now full.

  • Lam 1:13
    65%

    13From aboue hath hee sent fire into my bones, which preuaile against them: he hath spred a net for my feete, and turned me backe: hee hath made me desolate, and daily in heauinesse.

  • Luke 12:55
    65%

    55And when ye see the South winde blowe, ye say, that it wilbe hoate: & it commeth to passe.

  • Matt 13:6
    65%

    6And when the sunne was vp, they were parched, and for lacke of rooting, withered away.

  • John 6:18
    65%

    18And the Sea arose with a great winde that blewe.

  • Matt 8:24
    65%

    24And beholde, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was couered with waues: but he was a sleepe.

  • Gen 19:23
    65%

    23The sunne did rise vpon the earth, when Lot entred into Zoar.

  • Ps 78:26
    65%

    26He caused the Eastwinde to passe in the heauen, and through his power he brought in the Southwinde.

  • 1 Kgs 18:45
    65%

    45And in the meane while the heauen was blacke with cloudes and winde, and there was a great rayne. Then Ahab went vp and came to Izreel.