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

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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.

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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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