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Jonah 4:7

5 Then Jonah left the city and sat down east of it, where he made himself a shelter and sat in its shade to see what would happen to the city.

6 So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

8 As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

9 Then God asked Jonah, “Have you any right to be angry about the plant?” “I do,” he replied. “I am angry enough to die!”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
KJV
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
WEB
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.
ASV
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
DARBY
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
BLB
And God appointed a worm at the rising of the dawn on the next day, and it struck the qiqayon, and it withered.
ÅB
Men dagen etter, da morgenen brøt fram, lot Gud en orm komme, som stakk kikajontreet så det visnet.
OTB
Men ved daggry neste dag sørget Gud for en orm som angrep planten så den visnet.
B1930
Men dagen efter, da morgenen brøt frem, lot Gud en orm komme, som stakk kikajontreet så det visnet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Joel 1:12

    The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up.

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  • Psalms 90:5–6

    You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—

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  • Isaiah 40:6–8

    A voice says, “Cry out!” And I asked, “What should I cry out?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field.

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  • Job 1:21

    saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”

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  • Psalms 102:10

    because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

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  • Psalms 30:6–7

    In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”

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