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


In Context

4 Yahweh said, |Is it right for you to be angry?|

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 Yahweh 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 It happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah's head, so that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and 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 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 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 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.