Jonah 4:7

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Free Bible Version

The next day at dawn the Lord had a maggot attack the plant and it withered.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.

Unlocked Literal Bible

But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.

Noah Webster Bible

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Context

Jonah’s Anger at the LORD’s Compassion

⁶So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant.⁷When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

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Summary

In this verse, God appoints a plant to provide shade for Jonah, who was displeased with God's compassion towards the people of Nineveh. The plant's growth and withering serve as a visual lesson to Jonah about God's sovereignty and mercy. It reveals God's care for all His creation, including Jonah and the people of Nineveh, despite Jonah's anger and lack of compassion. This verse highlights the contrast between Jonah's selfish desires and God's abundant grace, teaching a valuable lesson about God's love for all people.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke 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.

John Gill Bible Commentary

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day,.... That God that prepared this plant to rise so suddenly, almost as soon prepared a worm to destroy it; for it rose up one night, continued one whole day, to the great delight of Jonah; and by the morning of the following day this worm or grub was prepared in, it, or sent to it, to the root of it: this shows that God is the Creator of the least as well as the largest of creatures, of worms as well as whales, contrary to the notion of Valentinus, Marcion, and Apelles; who, as Jerom (s) says, introduce another creator of ants, worms, fleas, locusts, &c. and another of the heavens, earth, sea, and angels: but it is much that. Arnobius (t), an orthodox ancient Christian father, should deny such creatures to be the work of God, and profess his ignorance of the Maker of them. His words are, "should we deny flies, beetles, worms, mice, weasels, and moths, to be the work of the King Omnipotent, it does not follow that it should be required of us to say who made and formed them; for we may without blame be ignorant who gave them their original;'' whereas, in the miracle of the lice, the magicians of Egypt themselves owned that the finger of God was there, and were out of their power to effect; and to the Prophet Amos the great God was represented in a vision as making locusts or grasshoppers, Amo 7:1; and indeed the smallest insect or reptile is a display of the wisdom and power of God, and not at all below his dignity and greatness to produce; and for which there are wise reasons in nature and providence, as here for the production of this worm: the same God that prepared a great fish to swallow Jonah, and a gourd to shadow him, and an east wind to blow upon him, prepared this worm to destroy his shade, and try his patience: and it smote the gourd, that it withered; it bit its root, and its moisture dried up, and it withered away at once, and became useless: that same hand that gives mercies can take them away, and that very suddenly, in a trice, in a few hours, as in the case of Job; and sometimes very secretly and invisibly, that men are not aware of; their substance wastes, and they fall to decay, and they can scarcely tell the reason of it; there is a worm at the root of their enjoyments, which kills them; God is as a moth and rottenness unto them; and he does this sometimes by small means, by little instruments, as he plagued Pharaoh and the Egyptians with lice and flies. (s) Prooem. in Philemon. ad Paulam & Eustochium. (t) Adv. Gentes, l. 2. p. 95.

Jonah 4:7

Jonah’s Anger at the LORD’s Compassion

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Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Free Bible Version

The next day at dawn the Lord had a maggot attack the plant and it withered.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

But before dawn the next day, God sent a worm that chewed the vine, with the result that the vine withered.

Unlocked Literal Bible

But God prepared a worm at sunrise the next morning. It attacked the plant and the plant withered.

Noah Webster Bible

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.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke 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.

John Gill Bible Commentary

Jonah 4:7

Verse

Context

Jonah’s Anger at the LORD’s Compassion

Sermons

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Jonah 4:7

Jonah’s Anger at the LORD’s Compassion

Destroying Pop-Christian Views of Marital Bliss - Part 2

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary