Jonah 4:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God appointeth a cutting east wind, and the sun smiteth on the head of Jonah, and he wrappeth himself up, and asketh his soul to die, and saith, `Better `is' my death than my life.'

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  • Ps 121:6 : 6 By day the sun doth not smite thee, Nor the moon by night.
  • Jonah 4:3 : 3 And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better `is' my death than my life.'
  • Isa 49:10 : 10 They do not hunger, nor thirst, Nor smite them doth mirage and sun, For He who is pitying them doth lead them, And by fountains of waters doth tend them.
  • Ezek 19:12 : 12 And it is plucked up in fury, To the earth it hath been cast, And the east wind hath dried up its fruit, Broken and withered hath been the rod of its strength, Fire hath consumed it.
  • Jonah 1:4 : 4 And Jehovah hath cast a great wind on the sea, and there is a great tempest in the sea, and the ship hath reckoned to be broken;
  • Jonah 1:17 : 17 And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.
  • Lev 10:3 : 3 And Moses saith unto Aaron, `It `is' that which Jehovah hath spoken, saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified, and in the face of all the people I am honoured;' and Aaron is silent.
  • 1 Sam 3:18 : 18 And Samuel declareth to him the whole of the words, and hath not hid from him; and he saith, `It `is' Jehovah; that which is good in His eyes He doth.'
  • 2 Sam 15:25-26 : 25 And the king saith to Zadok, `Take back the ark of God to the city; if I find grace in the eyes of Jehovah, then He hath brought me back, and shewn me it and His habitation; 26 and if thus He say, I have not delighted in thee; here `am' I, He doth to me as `is' good in His eyes.'
  • Job 2:10 : 10 And he saith unto her, `As one of the foolish women speaketh, thou speakest; yea, the good we receive from God, and the evil we do not receive.' In all this Job hath not sinned with his lips.
  • Ps 39:9 : 9 I have been dumb, I open not my mouth, Because Thou -- Thou hast done `it'.
  • Jonah 4:6-7 : 6 And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd `with' great joy. 7 And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 `As many as I love, I do convict and chasten; be zealous, then, and reform;
  • Rev 7:16 : 16 they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall upon them, nor any heat,
  • Song 1:6 : 6 Fear me not, because I `am' very dark, Because the sun hath scorched me, The sons of my mother were angry with me, They made me keeper of the vineyards, My vineyard -- my own -- I have not kept.

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  • Jonah 4:9-10
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    9And God saith unto Jonah: `Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, `To do good is displeasing to me -- unto death.'

    10And Jehovah saith, `Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for which thou didst not labour, neither didst thou nourish it, which a son of a night was, and a son of a night perished,

  • Jonah 4:1-7
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    1And it is grievous unto Jonah -- a great evil -- and he is displeased at it;

    2and he prayeth unto Jehovah, and he saith, `I pray Thee, O Jehovah, is not this my word while I was in mine own land -- therefore I was beforehand to flee to Tarshish -- that I have known that Thou `art' a God, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in kindness, and repenting of evil?

    3And now, O Jehovah, take, I pray Thee, my soul from me, for better `is' my death than my life.'

    4And Jehovah saith, `Is doing good displeasing to thee?'

    5And Jonah goeth forth from the city, and sitteth on the east of the city, and maketh to himself there a booth, and sitteth under it in the shade, till that he seeth what is in the city.

    6And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd `with' great joy.

    7And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.

  • Jonah 1:1-8
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    1And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah son of Amittai, saying:

    2`Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim against it that their wickedness hath come up before Me.'

    3And Jonah riseth to flee to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah, and goeth down `to' Joppa, and findeth a ship going `to' Tarshish, and he giveth its fare, and goeth down into it, to go with them to Tarshish from the face of Jehovah.

    4And Jehovah hath cast a great wind on the sea, and there is a great tempest in the sea, and the ship hath reckoned to be broken;

    5and the mariners are afraid, and cry each unto his god, and cast the goods that `are' in the ship into the sea, to make `it' light of them; and Jonah hath gone down unto the sides of the vessel, and he lieth down, and is fast asleep.

    6And the chief of the company draweth near to him, and saith to him, `What -- to thee, O sleeper? rise, call unto thy God, it may be God doth bethink himself of us, and we do not perish.'

    7And they say each unto his neighbour, `Come, and we cast lots, and we know on whose account this evil `is' on us.' And they cast lots, and the lot falleth on Jonah.

    8And they say unto him, `Declare to us, we pray thee, on what account this evil `is' on us? what `is' thine occupation, and whence comest thou? what `is' thy country, seeing thou art not of this people?'

  • Jonah 1:11-15
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    11And they say unto him, `What do we do to thee that the sea may cease from us, for the sea is more and more tempestuous?'

    12And he saith unto them, `Lift me up, and cast me into the sea, and the sea doth cease from you; for I know that on my account this great tempest `is' upon you.'

    13And the men row to turn back unto the dry land, and are not able, for the sea is more and more tempestuous against them.

    14And they cry unto Jehovah, and say, `We pray Thee, O Jehovah, let us not, we pray Thee, perish for this man's life, and do not lay on us innocent blood, for Thou, Jehovah, as Thou hast pleased, Thou hast done.'

    15And they lift up Jonah, and cast him into the sea, and the sea ceaseth from its raging;

  • Jonah 1:17
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    17And Jehovah appointeth a great fish to swallow up Jonah, and Jonah is in the bowels of the fish three days and three nights.

  • Jonah 2:10
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    10And Jehovah saith to the fish, and it vomiteth out Jonah on the dry land.

  • Jonah 2:1-2
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    1And Jonah prayeth unto Jehovah his God from the bowels of the fish.

    2And he saith: I called, because of my distress, to Jehovah, And He doth answer me, From the belly of sheol I have cried, Thou hast heard my voice.

  • 1 Kgs 19:4
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    4and he himself hath gone into the wilderness a day's Journey, and cometh and sitteth under a certain retem-tree, and desireth his soul to die, and saith, `Enough, now, O Jehovah, take my soul, for I `am' not better than my fathers.'

  • Mark 4:6
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    6and the sun having risen, it was scorched, and because of not having root it did wither;

  • Jonah 3:1-4
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    1And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jonah a second time, saying,

    2`Rise, go unto Nineveh, the great city, and proclaim unto it the proclamation that I am speaking unto thee;'

    3and Jonah riseth, and he goeth unto Nineveh, according to the word of Jehovah. And Nineveh hath been a great city before God, a journey of three days.

    4And Jonah beginneth to go in to the city a journey of one day, and proclaimeth, and saith, `Yet forty days -- and Nineveh is overturned.'

  • Job 1:19
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    19And lo, a great wind hath come from over the wilderness, and striketh against the four corners of the house, and it falleth on the young men, and they are dead, and I am escaped -- only I alone -- to declare `it' to thee.'

  • Eccl 1:5
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    5Also, the sun hath risen, and the sun hath gone in, and unto its place panting it is rising there.

  • Matt 12:40
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    40for, as Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights, so shall the Son of Man be in the heart of the earth three days and three nights.

  • Job 27:21
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    21Take him up doth an east wind, and he goeth, And it frighteneth him from his place,

  • Eccl 11:7
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    7Sweet also `is' the light, And good for the eyes to see the sun.

  • Rev 16:8
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    8And the fourth messenger did pour out his vial upon the sun, and there was given to him to scorch men with fire,

  • Isa 27:8
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    8In measure, in sending it forth, thou strivest with it, He hath taken away by His sharp wind, In the day of an east wind,

  • Amos 8:9
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    9And it hath come to pass in that day, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, I have caused the sun to go in at noon, And caused darkness on the land in a day of light,

  • Mark 4:37
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    37And there cometh a great storm of wind, and the waves were beating on the boat, so that it is now being filled,

  • Lam 1:13
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    13From above He hath sent fire into my bone, And it subdueth it, He hath spread a net for my feet, He hath turned me backward, He hath made me desolate -- all the day sick.

  • Luke 12:55
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    55and when -- a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;

  • Matt 13:6
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    6and the sun having risen they were scorched, and through not having root, they withered,

  • John 6:18
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    18the sea also -- a great wind blowing -- was being raised,

  • Matt 8:24
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    24and lo, a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was being covered by the waves, but he was sleeping,

  • Gen 19:23
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    23The sun hath gone out on the earth, and Lot hath entered into Zoar,

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    26He causeth an east wind to journey in the heavens, And leadeth by His strength a south wind,

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    45And it cometh to pass, in the meantime, that the heavens have become black -- thick clouds and wind -- and the shower is great; and Ahab rideth, and goeth to Jezreel,