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Jonah 4:7

5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.

6 And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.

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

8 And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

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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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Joel 1:12

    The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.

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  • Psalms 90:5–6

    Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.

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  • Isaiah 40:6–8

    The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:

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  • Job 1:21

    And said, Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.

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  • Psalms 102:10

    Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.

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  • Psalms 30:6–7

    And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.

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