Jonah

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Jonah Chapter 4 verse 7 Holy Bible

ASV Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
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BBE Jonah 4:7

But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
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DARBY Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
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KJV Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
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WBT Jonah 4:7

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WEB Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
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YLT Jonah 4:7

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

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 7. - Prepared (see note on ver. 6). A worm. Either a single worm which punctured the stem and caused the plant to wither, or the word is used collectively, as in Deuteronomy 28:39, for "worms." A single warm night, with a moist atmosphere, will suffice to produce a host of caterpillars, which in an incredibly short time strip a plant of all its leaves. When the morning rose. At the very earliest dawn, before the actual rising of the sun (comp. Judges 9:33). Jonah seems to have enjoyed the shelter of the gourd one whole day. The withering of the plant came about in a natural way, but was ordered by God at a certain time in order to give Jonah the intended lesson.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(7) A worm.--Possibly to be taken collectively, as in Isaiah 14:11, for a swarm of caterpillars.