Jonah 4:8

Modern English Version

When the sun rose, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah so that he became faint and asked that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

Cross References

Jonah 4:3

Therefore, Lord, take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live.”

Ezekiel 19:12

But it was plucked up in fury, it was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up its fruit. Its strong rod was broken and it withered; the fire consumed it.

Psalm 121:6

The sun shall not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

Revelation 7:16

‘They shall neither hunger any more, nor shall they thirst any more; the sun shall not strike them,’ nor any scorching heat;

Revelation 3:19

“Those whom I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be zealous and repent.

Isaiah 49:10

they shall neither hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor sun strike them; for He who has mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water He shall guide them.

Jonah 1:17

Now the Lord appointed a great fish to swallow Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.

Jonah 1:4

But the Lord hurled a great wind upon the sea, and a mighty storm came upon the sea, so that the ship was in danger of breaking up.

Song of Solomon 1:6

Do not stare at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me with its heat. My mother’s sons were angry with me. They made me the keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept.

Psalm 39:9

I was silent; I did not open my mouth, because it was You who did it.

Job 2:10

He said to her, “You talk like one of the foolish women talks. Will we indeed accept the good from God but not accept the adversity?” In all this Job did not sin with his lips.

1 Samuel 3:18

Samuel told him everything, and did not hide from him a thing. And he said, “It is the Lord; let Him do what is good in His eyes.”

Leviticus 10:3

Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord spoke, saying: ‘I will be sanctified by those who come near Me; and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron held his peace.

Matthew 20:12

saying, ‘These last worked only one hour, and you made them equal to us, who have borne the burden and the heat of the day.’

1 Kings 19:4

But he went a day’s journey into the wilderness and came and sat down under a juniper tree and asked that he might die, saying, “It is enough! Now, O  Lord, take my life, for I am not better than my fathers.”

Hosea 13:15

Though he be fruitful among his brothers, the east wind will come, a wind of the Lord, rising from the wilderness. And his spring shall become dry, his fountain shall be dried up. It shall plunder his treasury of every desirable thing.

Jonah 4:9

Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And Jonah replied, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death.”

Genesis 41:6

And behold, after them sprang up seven ears, thin and scorched by the east wind.

1 Kings 21:4

Ahab returned home angry and depressed because of the answer Naboth the Jezreelite had given him, for he had said, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed and sulked and would not eat any bread.

Job 7:15

so that my soul chooses strangling, even death rather than my life.

Ecclesiastes 7:9

Do not be quick in your spirit to be angry, for anger settles in the bosom of fools.