Jonah 4:7

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jonah 4:7 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.”
  2. Psalms 30:6In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
  3. Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
  4. Psalms 102:10because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
  5. Isaiah 40:6A 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.
  6. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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