7But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and it withered.


In Context

4 And the Lord said: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry?

5 Then Jonas went out of the city, and sat toward the east side of the city: and he made himself a booth there, and he sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would befall the city.

6 And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it came up over the head of Jonas, to be a shadow over his head, and to cover him (for he was fatigued): and Jonas was exceeding glad of the ivy.

7 But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and it withered.

8 And when the sun was risen, the Lord commanded a hot and burning wind: and the sun beat upon the head of Jonas, and he broiled with the heat: and he desired for his soul that he might die, and said: It is better for me to die than to live.

9 And the Lord said to Jonas: Dost thou think thou hast reason to be angry, for the ivy? And he said: I am angry with reason even unto death.

Jonah 4:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:7But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the vine so that it withered.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:7And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.