Jonah 4:7
King James Version (KJV)
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
In context
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.
Jonah 4:7 in every translation
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant 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.