Jonah 4:7

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

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

6And the Lord God commanded a gourd, and it came up over the head of Jonah, to be a shadow over his head, to shade him from his calamities: and Jonah rejoiced with great joy for the gourd.

8And it came to pass at the rising of the sun, that God commanded a burning east wind; and the sun smote on the head of Jonah, and he fainted, and despaired of his life, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.

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Cross References

Psalms 30:6Into thy hands I will commit my spirit: 1 Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. 1

Psalms 102:10He has not dealt with us according to our sins, 1 Nor recompensed us according to our iniquities. 1

Joel 1:12The vine is dried up, and the fig trees are become few; the pomegranate, and palm tree, and apple, and all the trees of the field are dried up: for the sons of men have abolished joy.

Matthew Henry on Jonah 4:6-11

The Prophet's Discontent; The Withering of the Prophet's Gourd; God's Remonstrance with Jonah. ( b. c. 840.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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