Jonah 4:7

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

And God appoints a worm at the going up of the dawn on the next day, and it strikes the gourd, and it dries up.

YLT

And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.

DBY

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

DRC

But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and it withered.

GNV

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

JPS

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

LXXE

And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away.

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WLC

וַיְמַ֤ן הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ תּוֹלַ֔עַת בַּעֲל֥וֹת הַשַּׁ֖חַר לַֽמָּחֳרָ֑ת וַתַּ֥ךְ אֶת־הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן וַיִּיבָֽשׁ׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ προσέταξεν ὁ Θεὸς σκώληκι ἑωθινῇ τῇ ἐπαυρίον, καὶ ἐπάταξε τὴν κολόκυνθαν, καὶ ἀπεξηράνθη.

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• Jonah and the great fish Jonah flees God's call to Nineveh; thrown overboard, he is swallowed by a great fish and returned to land. Sent again, he warns the city; it…

Cross-references most cited first

• Joel 1:12The 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.
• Psalms 90:5–6You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning— in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
• Isaiah 40:6–8A 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. The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on…
• Psalms 30:6–7In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.” O LORD, You favored me; You made my mountain stand strong. When You hid Your face, I was dismayed.
• Psalms 102:10because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
• Job 1:21saying: “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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