Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
But at dawn the next day, God provided a worm that attacked the vine plant so 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.
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
`alah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jonah 4:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Jonah Is Angry At Yahweh's Compassion
6 The LORD God prepared a vine plant, and it grew over Jonah to shade his head and provide relief from his misery. Jonah was happy indeed, he was ecstatic about the vine plant. 7 But at dawn the next day, God provided a worm that attacked the vine plant so that it withered away. 8 When the sun rose, God prepared a harsh east wind. The sun beat down on Jonah's head, he became faint, and he begged to die. "It is better for me to die than to live!" he said.
Names
Cross References
Joel 1:12
The grapevine is shriveled and the fig tree is withered, along with the pomegranate tree, the palm tree, the apple tree and all of the cultivated trees. Truly, joy has evaporated from Adam's children."
Job 1:21
and exclaimed: "I left my mother's womb naked, and I will return to God naked. The LORD has given, and the LORD has taken. May the name of the LORD be blessed."
Psalm 30:6-7
As for me, I said in my prosperity, "I will never be moved."
Psalm 90:5-6
You will sweep them away while they are asleep by morning they are like growing grass.
Psalm 102:10
because of your indignation and wrath, when you lifted and threw me away.
Isaiah 40:6-8
A voice says, "Cry out!" So I asked, "What am I to cry out?" "All humanity is grass, and all its loyalty is like the flowers of the field.