Jonah 4:10
“Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night , and perished in a night :”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then said the Lord, thou hast had pity on the gourd,.... Or, "hast spared it" (c); that is, would have spared it, had it…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Thou hadst pity on the palm-christ - In the feeling of our common mortality, the soul cannot but yearn over decay. Even…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Which came up in a night - St. Jerome, speaking of this plant, the kikayon, assigns to it an extraordinary rapidity of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Jonah 4:10-11
.] The final appeal is forcible and conclusive, a grand and worthy climax to this remarkable book. The contrasts are…