Jonah 4:7
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
American King James Version (AKJV)
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
American Standard Version (ASV)
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
Webster's Revision
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
Clarke's Jonah 4:7 Bible Commentary
But God prepared a worm - By being eaten through the root, the plant, losing its nourishment, would soon wither; and this was the case in the present instance.
Barnes's Jonah 4:7 Bible Commentary
When the morning rose - , i. e., in the earliest dawn, before the actual sunrise. For one day Jonah enjoyed the refreshment of the palm-christ. In early dawn, it still promised the shadow; just ere it was most needed, at God's command, it withered.
Wesley's Jonah 4:7 Bible Commentary
4:7 Prepared - By the same power which caused the gourd suddenly to spring, and spread itself. It smote - Which early next morning, bit the root, so that the whole gourd withered.
