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


In Context

4 And the LORD said, Doest thou well to be angry?

5 Then 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 evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because 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 arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might 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 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:7But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and 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 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.