Jonah 4:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.”
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“When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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“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“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 DomainOther passages that echo Jonah 4:7 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.”
- Psalms 30:6In prosperity I said, “I will never be shaken.”
- Psalms 90:5You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
- Psalms 102:10because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
- 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.
- 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.
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