Jonah 4:7 - Forerunner Commentary

Jonah 4:7

5 So Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city. There he made himself a shelter and sat under it in the shade, till he might see what would become of the city.

6 And the Lord God prepared a¹ plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah² was very grateful for the plant.

7 But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.

8 And it happened, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he grew faint. Then he wished death for himself, and said, ^a“It is better for me to die than to live.”

9 Then God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?” And he said, “It is right for me to be angry, even to death!”

10 But the Lord said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which¹ came up in a night and perished in a night.

Verse Comparison: Jonah 4:7

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

Amplified® Bible
But God prepared a cutworm when the morning dawned the next day, and it smote the gourd so that it withered.

Contemporary English Version
but early the next morning the LORD sent a worm to chew on the vine, and the vine dried up.

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

Good News Bible
But at dawn the next day, at God's command, a worm attacked the plant, and it died.

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

New American Standard Bible
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.

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

New King James Version
But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.

Revised Standard Version
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered.

Young's 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.

New English Translation
So God sent¹ a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.

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