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


In Context

4 But the Lord replied, "Have you any right to be angry?"

5 Jonah went out and sat down at a place east of the city. There he made himself a shelter, sat in its shade and waited to see what would happen to the city.

6 Then the Lord God provided a vine and made it grow up over Jonah to give shade for his head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was very happy about the vine.

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

8 When the sun rose, God provided a scorching east wind, and the sun blazed on Jonah's head so that he grew faint. He wanted to die, and said, "It would be better for me to die than to live."

9 But God said to Jonah, "Do you have a right to be angry about the vine?" "I do," he said. "I am angry enough to die."

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 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 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.