Jonah 4:7 “When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the pl…”

Jonah 4:7

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

World English Bible

But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.

American Standard Version

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

Geneva Bible 1599

But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

Darby Translation

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

Young's Literal Translation

And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.

Bible in Basic English

But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.

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Cross references

“prepared”

Job 1:21 Psalm 102:10 Psalm 30:6 Psalm 30:7

Job 1:21 · BSB

saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

Psalm 102:10 · BSB

because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

Psalm 30:6 · BSB

In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”

Psalm 30:7 · BSB

O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.

“it withered”

Joel 1:12 Isaiah 40:6–8 Psalm 90:5 Psalm 90:6

Joel 1:12 · BSB

The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

Isaiah 40:6–8 · BSB

A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

Psalm 90:5 · BSB

You sweep them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

Psalm 90:6 · BSB

in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

8As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

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