Jonah 4:7 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.”
Jonah 4:7 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jonah 4:7 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Jonah 4:7 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Jonah 4:7 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.”
Jonah 4:7 — World English Bible
Jonah 4:7 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. ”
Jonah 4:7 — American Standard Version
Jonah 4:7 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.”
Jonah 4:7 — Young's Literal Translation
Jonah 4:7 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“ButGod prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. ”
Jonah 4:7 — Darby Translation
Jonah 4:7 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.”
Jonah 4:7 — Geneva Bible
Jonah 4:7 in Context — Jonah 4
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.
7 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.
What Does Jonah 4:7 Mean?
Jonah 4:7 is a verse from the Book of Jonah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jonah chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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