 | Fred B. Craddock - 322 sider
...we do not approve. The reason I did not want to preach to Ninevites, said Jonah to God, was "I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in 63 steadfast love" (Jonah 4:2). The synagogue, now a mob, attempts to stone Jesus. Hurling... | |
 | Donald Capps - 1990 - 212 sider
...what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil" (4:2). Unlike the self-fulfilling prophet, who... | |
 | David Lin - 1993 - 440 sider
...of misery to an end. Education 263-264 This is the message in the sign of Jonas, who said, "I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to...of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil." This is the spirit of Jesus, who came to seek and save that which is lost. "For the Son of man is not... | |
 | Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - 1993 - 514 sider
...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...of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to... | |
 | Donald Capps - 1993 - 198 sider
...what I said when I was yet in my country? That is why I made haste to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil. Therefore, now, 0 Lord, take my life from me, I... | |
 | Amos Funkenstein - 2023 - 420 sider
...covenant of the rainbow in the sky. Jonah testifies about himself that he fled to Tarsus, for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and great in love, and repentest of the evil \venicham 'al hara'a] (Jon. 4:2). Now this is the angle upon... | |
 | R. B. Salters - 1994 - 127 sider
...knows? God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not (Jon. 3.9). I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil (Jon. 4.2). Although there are echoes of Jon. 4.2... | |
 | Avi Erlich - 2010 - 298 sider
...not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger,...of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to... | |
 | James L. Crenshaw, Mercer University - 1995 - 632 sider
...compassion for a wayward sinner. How ludicrous, therefore, is the stated basis for Jonah's fury: "For I knew that thou art a gracious God and Merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil" (4:2b). The authors of numerous proverbs45 and... | |
 | R. P. Gordon - 1995 - 664 sider
...Joel 2:13 and Jonah 4:2 and Joel 2:14 and Jonah 3:9. In Jonah 4:2 the prophet declares, "for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love, and repentest of evil." Of course, part of this quotation is attested... | |
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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. 
