Jonah 4:8

Good News Translation

After the sun had risen, God sent a hot east wind, and Jonah was about to faint from the heat of the sun beating down on his head. So he wished he were dead. “I am better off dead than alive,” he said.

Cross References

Genesis 41:6

Then seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the desert wind,

1 Kings 19:4

Elijah walked a whole day into the wilderness. He stopped and sat down in the shade of a tree and wished he would die. “It's too much, Lord,” he prayed. “Take away my life; I might as well be dead!”

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab went home, depressed and angry over what Naboth had said to him. He lay down on his bed, facing the wall, and would not eat.

Job 2:10

Job answered, “You are talking nonsense! When God sends us something good, we welcome it. How can we complain when he sends us trouble?” Even in all this suffering Job said nothing against God.

Job 7:15

until I would rather be strangled than live in this miserable body.

Psalm 121:6

The sun will not hurt you during the day, nor the moon during the night.

Psalm 39:9

I will keep quiet, I will not say a word, for you are the one who made me suffer like this.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Keep your temper under control; it is foolish to harbor a grudge.

Song of Solomon 1:6

Don't look down on me because of my color, because the sun has tanned me. My brothers were angry with me and made me work in the vineyard. I had no time to care for myself.

Isaiah 49:10

they will never be hungry or thirsty. Sun and desert heat will not hurt them, for they will be led by one who loves them. He will lead them to springs of water.

Ezekiel 19:12

But angry hands pulled it up by the roots and threw it to the ground. The east wind dried up its fruit. Its branches were broken off; they dried up and were burned.

Hosea 13:15

Even though Israel flourishes like weeds, I will send a hot east wind from the desert, and it will dry up their springs and wells. It will take away everything of value.

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord was speaking about when he said, ‘All who serve me must respect my holiness; I will reveal my glory to my people.’” But Aaron remained silent.

Jonah 1:17

At the Lord's command a large fish swallowed Jonah, and he was inside the fish for three days and three nights.

Jonah 1:4

But the Lord sent a strong wind on the sea, and the storm was so violent that the ship was in danger of breaking up.

Jonah 4:3

Now then, Lord, let me die. I am better off dead than alive.”

Jonah 4:9

But God said to him, “What right do you have to be angry about the plant?” Jonah replied, “I have every right to be angry—angry enough to die!”

Matthew 20:12

‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘while we put up with a whole day's work in the hot sun—yet you paid them the same as you paid us!’

Revelation 3:19

I rebuke and punish all whom I love. Be in earnest, then, and turn from your sins.

Revelation 7:16

Never again will they hunger or thirst; neither sun nor any scorching heat will burn them,

1 Samuel 3:18

So Samuel told him everything; he did not keep anything back. Eli said, “He is the Lord; he will do whatever seems best to him.”