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Jonah 4:5

Jonah 4:5
So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

So Jonah went out of the city,.... Had not the inhabitants of it repented, he had done right to go out of it, and shake…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

So Jonah went out of the city - o, The form of the words implies (as in the English Version), that this took place after…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

So Jonah went out of the city - I believe this refers to what had already passed; and I therefore agree with Bp.…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

So Jonah went out of the city It has been proposed to take the verbs in this verse as pluperfects: "Now Jonah had gone…