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Jonah 4:9

9 Then God said to Jonah, “Do you have good reason to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “I have good reason to be angry, even to death.”

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Jonah 4:9 — The New International Version (NIV)

But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

“It is,” he said. “And I’m so angry I wish I were dead.”

Jonah 4:9 — English Standard Version (ESV)

But God said to Jonah, “Do you do well to be angry for the plant?” And he said, “Yes, I do well to be angry, angry enough to die.”

Jonah 4:9 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Jonah 4:9 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry because the plant died?”

“Yes,” Jonah retorted, “even angry enough to die!”

Jonah 4:9 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

And he said, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death!”

Jonah 4:9 — New Century Version (NCV)

But God said to Jonah, “Do you think it is right for you to be angry about the plant?”

Jonah answered, “It is right for me to be angry! I am so angry I could die!”

Jonah 4:9 — American Standard Version (ASV)

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

Jonah 4:9 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Jonah 4:9 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Then God asked Jonah, “What right do you have to be angry over this plant?” 

Jonah answered, “I have every right to be angry—so angry that I want to die.” 

Jonah 4:9 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Then God asked Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?”

“Yes,” he replied. “It is right. I’m angry enough to die!”

Jonah 4:9 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

But God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the bush?” And he said, “Yes, angry enough to die.”

Jonah 4:9 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

So God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “It is right for me to be angry enough to die!”

Jonah 4:9 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

But God said to Jonah, “Do you have any right to be angry about what happened to the vine?”

“I do,” he said. “In fact, I’m angry enough to die.”


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