Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
`alah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 4:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Is Angry At Yahweh's Compassion
6 And the LORD prepared as it were a wild vine which sprang up over Jonah, that he might have shadow over his head, to deliver him out of his pain. And Jonah was exceeding glad of the wild vine. 7 And the LORD ordained a worm against the spring of the morrow morning which smote the wild vine that it withered away. 8 And as soon as the sun was up, God prepared a fervent east wind: so that the sun beat over the head of Jonah, that he fainted again and wished unto his soul that he might die, and said, "It is better for me to die than to live."
Names
Cross References
Joel 1:12
The grape gatherers shall make great moan, when the vineyard and fig trees be so utterly wasted. Yea all the pomegranates, palm trees, apple trees, and the other trees of the field shall wither away. Thus the merry cheer of the children of men shall come to confusion.
Job 1:21
and said, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I turn thither again. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; now blessed be the name of the LORD."
Psalm 30:6-7
And in my prosperity I said, "I shall never be removed." And why? Thou, LORD, of thy goodness, hast made my hill so strong.
Psalm 90:5-6
As soon as thou scatterest them, they are even as asleep, and fade away suddenly like the grass.
Psalm 102:10
and that because of thine indignation and wrath; for thou hast taken me up, and cast me down.
Isaiah 40:6-8
The same voice spake, "Now cry." And I said, "What shall I cry?" Then spake it, "That all flesh is grass, and that all the beauty thereof, is as the flower of the field.