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Jonah 4:7
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.
Jonah 4:7 · World English Bible
Jonah 4:7 in other translations
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
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In context
4 The LORD said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
5 Then Jonah went out of the city and sat on the east side of the city, and there made himself a booth and sat under it in the shade, until he might see what would become of the city.
6 The LORD God prepared a vine and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.
7 But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.
8 When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
9 God said to Jonah, “Is it right for you to be angry about the vine?” He said, “I am right to be angry, even to death.”
10 The LORD said, “You have been concerned for the vine, for which you have not labored, neither made it grow; which came up in a night and perished in a night.
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