Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it
King James Version
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Holman Bible
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, and it withered.
International Standard Version
But at dawn the next day, God provided a worm that attacked the vine plant so that it withered away.
A Conservative Version
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
American Standard Version
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
Amplified
But God prepared a worm when morning dawned the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.
Bible in Basic English
But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
Darby Translation
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
Julia Smith Translation
And God will appoint a worm in the going up of the morning for the morrow, and it will strike the gourd, and it will dry up.
King James 2000
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it attacked the plant so that it withered.
Lexham Expanded Bible
So God appointed a worm {at daybreak} the next day, and it attacked the plant, and it withered.
Modern King James verseion
But God prepared a worm as the morning dawned the next day. And it struck the plant, and it withered.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the LORD ordained a worm against the spring of the morrow morning which smote the wild vine that it withered away.
NET Bible
So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.
New Heart English Bible
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
The Emphasized Bible
But God appointed a worm, at the uprisings of the dawn, the next day, - and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
Webster
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
World English Bible
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
Youngs 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.
Themes
Gourd » Jonah's, believed to be a vine resembling the american squash, used in assyria to cover huts
Jonah » The reluctant missionary » Taught a lesson of the breadth of the divine love
Interlinear
'elohiym
`alah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 4:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Is Angry At Yahweh's Compassion
6
Now the LORD God appointed a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the plant.
7 But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it
Names
Cross References
Joel 1:12
The vine dries up; the fig tree languishes. Pomegranate, palm, and apple, all the trees of the field are dried up, and gladness dries up from the children of man.
Job 1:21
And he said, "Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return. The LORDgave, and the LORD has taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD."
Psalm 30:6-7
As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I shall never be moved."
Psalm 90:5-6
You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, like grass that is renewed in the morning:
Psalm 102:10
because of your indignation and anger; for you have taken me up and thrown me down.
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice says, "Cry!" And I said, "What shall I cry?" All flesh is grass, and all its beauty is like the flower of the field.