Jonah 4:7
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
In context
5 Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.
6 So 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.
7 When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
8 As 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.”
9 Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”
Jonah 4:7 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
- KJV King James Version
- But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
- WBS Webster Bible
- But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.