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Jonah 4:6 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Jonah 4:6 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jonah chapter 4 verse 6 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. gourd: or, palmcrist: Heb. Kikajon was: Heb. rejoiced with great joy”
Jonah 4:6 (KJV)
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Commentary on Jonah 4:6
And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. The first of four divinely "prepared" things (plant, worm, wind, city—4:6,7,8; 3:2). The Hebrew vayeman YHWH-Elohim qiqayon vaya'al me'al le-Yonah lihyot tsel al-rosho lehatsilo mera'ato demonstrates God's patient teaching through object lesson. Qiqayon (קִיקָיוֹן) is likely castor oil plant or similar fast-growing vine providing broad leaves for shade."The LORD God prepared" uses both covenant name YHWH and crea...
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Cross-References for Jonah 4:6
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“nor repaid us for our iniquities.”
“and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”
“don't rejoice in this”
“as though they didn't weep; and those who rejoice”
“and showed them the house of his precious things”
“but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate”
“who say”