Jonah 4:7
World English Bible (WEB)
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.
In context
5 Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.
6 The LORD God prepared a vine and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.
7 But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.
8 When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9 God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”
Jonah 4:7 in every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine 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.
- 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.