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Jonah 4:1

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BUT it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
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  1. Jonah 4:9Rank 1 from verse 1
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    9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

  2. Luke 15:28Rank 2 from verse 1
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    28And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

  3. Matthew 20:15Rank 3 from verse 1
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    15Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

  4. Jonah 4:4Rank 4 from verse 1
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    4¶ Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?

  5. James 4:5–6Rank 5 from verse 1
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    5Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

    6But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

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Jonah 4:1

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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displeased

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of displease, meaning to give offense, cause displeasure, or make angry.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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very

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Sense 1: Truly, actually, exactly, or the same in identity. Sense 2: To a great or marked degree, used to intensify the quality named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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1BUT it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.

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2And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.

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