KJV King James Version
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
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Jonah 4:7
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
WEB World English Bible
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
ASV American Standard Version
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
YLT 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.
Surrounding context — Jonah 4
4 Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
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.
6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made [it] to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, [It is] better for me to die than to live.
9 And 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.
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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וַיְמַ֤ןH4487 · ma.nahto countהָֽאֱלֹהִים֙H430 · e.lo.himGodתּוֹלַ֔עַתH8438 · to.lawormבַּעֲל֥וֹתH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseהַשַּׁ֖חַרH7837 · sha.chardawnלַֽמָּחֳרָ֑תH4283 · mo.cho.ratmorrowוַתַּ֥ךְH5221 · na.khahto smiteאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹןH7021 · qi.qa.vonplantוַיִּיבָֽשׁ׃H3001 · ya.veshto wither
Cross-references
Joel 1:12The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, [even] all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.Psalm 90:5-6Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are [as] a sleep: in the morning [they are] like grass [which] groweth up.Psalm 30:6-7And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.Isaiah 40:6-8The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field:Psalm 102:10Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.Job 1:21And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.
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