Jonah 4:8

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of ah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

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  • Ps 121:6 : 6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
  • Isa 49:10 : 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
  • Ezek 19:12 : 12 But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.
  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up ah. And ah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the peop I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good.
  • 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, and his habitation: 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
  • Job 2:10 : 10 But he said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the foolish women speaketh. What? shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil? In all this did not sin with his lips.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thou didst it.
  • Jonah 4:6-7 : 6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over ah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So ah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I buke and chasten: be zealous thefo, and pent.
  • Rev 7:16 : 16 They shall hunger no mo, neither thirst any mo; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
  • Song 1:6 : 6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jonah 4:9-10
    2 verses
    81%

    9And God said to ah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

    10Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

  • Jonah 4:1-7
    7 verses
    81%

    1But it displeased ah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

    2And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

    3Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.

    4Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?

    5So ah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

    6And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over ah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So ah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

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

  • Jonah 1:1-8
    8 verses
    75%

    1Now the word of the LORD came unto ah the son of Amittai, saying,

    2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.

    3But ah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD, and went down to Joppa; and he found a ship going to Tarshish: so he paid the fare thereof, and went down into it, to go with them unto Tarshish from the presence of the LORD.

    4But the LORD sent out a great wind into the sea, and there was a mighty tempest in the sea, so that the ship was like to be broken.

    5Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god, and cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it of them. But ah was gone down into the sides of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

    6So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

    7And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon ah.

    8Then said they unto him, Tell us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us; What is thine occupation? and whence comest thou? what is thy country? and of what people art thou?

  • Jonah 1:11-15
    5 verses
    73%

    11Then said they unto him, What shall we do unto thee, that the sea may be calm unto us? for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous.

    12And he said unto them, Take me up, and cast me forth into the sea; so shall the sea be calm unto you: for I know that for my sake this great tempest is upon you.

    13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.

    14Wherefore they cried unto the LORD, and said, We beseech thee, O LORD, we beseech thee, let us not perish for this man's life, and lay not upon us innocent blood: for thou, O LORD, hast done as it pleased thee.

    15So they took up ah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.

  • Jonah 1:17
    71%

    17Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up ah. And ah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

  • Jonah 2:10
    70%

    10And the LORD spake unto the fish, and it vomited out ah upon the dry land.

  • Jonah 2:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

    1Then ah prayed unto the LORD his God out of the fish's belly,

    2And said, I cried by reason of mine affliction unto the LORD, and he heard me; out of the belly of hell cried I, and thou heardest my voice.

  • 1 Kgs 19:4
    69%

    4But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die; and said, It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers.

  • Mark 4:6
    68%

    6But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.

  • Jonah 3:1-4
    4 verses
    68%

    1And the word of the LORD came unto ah the second time, saying,

    2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.

    3So ah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days' journey.

    4And ah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown.

  • Job 1:19
    67%

    19And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.

  • Eccl 1:5
    66%

    5The sun also ariseth, and the sun goeth down, and hasteth to his place where he arose.

  • Matt 12:40
    66%

    40For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

  • Job 27:21
    66%

    21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

  • Eccl 11:7
    66%

    7Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun:

  • Rev 16:8
    65%

    8And the fourth angel poud out his vial upon the sun; and power was given unto him to scorch men with fi.

  • Isa 27:8
    65%

    8In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it: he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.

  • Amos 8:9
    65%

    9And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord GOD, that I will cause the sun to go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the clear day:

  • Mark 4:37
    65%

    37And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

  • Lam 1:13
    65%

    13From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desote and faint all the day.

  • Luke 12:55
    65%

    55And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

  • Matt 13:6
    65%

    6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

  • John 6:18
    65%

    18And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew.

  • Matt 8:24
    65%

    24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.

  • Gen 19:23
    65%

    23The sun was risen upon the earth when Lot entered into Zoar.

  • Ps 78:26
    65%

    26He caused an east wind to blow in the heaven: and by his power he brought in the south wind.

  • 1 Kgs 18:45
    65%

    45And it came to pass in the mean while, that the heaven was black with clouds and wind, and there was a great rain. And Ahab rode, and went to Jezreel.