Jonah 4:8 BSB — MannaFest

Jonah 4:8

As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

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ASV

And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

KJV

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 Jonah, 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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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And it came to pass when the sun did arise,.... After that the gourd was smitten and withered; when it was not only risen, but shone out with great force and heat: that God prepared a vehement east wind; or, "a deafening east wind" (u); which blew so strong, and so loud, as R.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Jonah had said, I do well to be angry, but he could not prove it. God says and proves it, I do well to be merciful; and it is a great encouragement to poor sinners to hope that they shall find mercy with him, that he is so ready to justify himself in showing mercy and to triumph in those whom he makes the monuments of it, against those whose eye is evil because his is good.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A vehement east wind - Which was of itself of a parching, withering nature; and the sun, in addition, made it intolerable. These winds are both scorching and suffocating in the East, for deserts of burning sand lay to the east or south-east; and the easterly winds often brought such a multitude of minute particles of sand on their wings, as to add greatly to the mischief. I believe these, and the sands they carry, are the cause of the ophthalmia which prevails so much both in Egypt and India.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְהִ֣י׀	vay.Hi	and it was	H1961 →
כִּזְרֹ֣חַ	kiz.Ro.ach	when arose	H2224 →
הַשֶּׁ֗מֶשׁ	ha.She.mesh	the sun	H8121 →
וַיְמַ֨ן	vay.Man	and he appointed	H4487 →
אֱלֹהִ֜ים	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →
ר֤וּחַ	Ru.ach	a wind	H7307 →
קָדִים֙	ka.Dim	an east wind	H6921 →
חֲרִישִׁ֔ית	cha.ri.Shit	hot	H2759 →
וַתַּ֥ךְ	va.Takh	and it struck	H5221 →
הַשֶּׁ֛מֶשׁ	ha.She.mesh	the sun	H8121 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
רֹ֥אשׁ	rosh	[the] head of	H7218 →
יוֹנָ֖ה	yo.Nah	Jonah	H3124 →
וַיִּתְעַלָּ֑ף	vai.yit.'a.Laf	and he became faint	H5968 →
וַיִּשְׁאַ֤ל	vai.yish.'Al	and he asked	H7592 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
נַפְשׁוֹ֙	naf.Sho	life his	H5315 →
לָמ֔וּת	la.Mut	to die	H4191 →
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
ט֥וֹב	Tov	[is] good	H2896 →
מוֹתִ֖י	mo.Ti	death my	H4194 →
מֵחַיָּֽי׃	me.chai.Yai	more than life my	H2416 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Revelation 3:19
Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
leads to
- Proverbs 3:11–12
  My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;
- 1 Corinthians 11:32
  But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
- Hebrews 12:5–11
  And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- Job 5:17
  Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.
Through
Psalms 121:6
The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.
leads to
- Revelation 7:16
  ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- Isaiah 49:10
  They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- Psalms 91:5–10
  You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day,
Through
Isaiah 49:10
They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
leads to
- Revelation 7:16–17
  ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jonah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jonah