the Week of Proper 13 / Ordinary 18
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Jonah 4:7
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When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, and it withered.
But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.
But God designated a worm when dawn came the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.
But the next day when the sun rose, God sent a worm to attack the plant so that it died.
But God prepared a worm when morning dawned the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.
But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, & it smote the gourd, that it withered.
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.
But God appointed a worm at the breaking of dawn the next day, and it struck the plant, and it dried up.
When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
But at dawn the next day God prepared a worm, which attacked the castor-bean plant, so that it dried up.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
The next morning, God sent a worm to eat part of the plant. The worm began eating the plant, and the plant died.
But the next day at dawn, God commanded a worm, and it smote the gourd so that it withered.
But at dawn the next day, at God's command, a worm attacked the plant, and it died.
So God appointed a worm at daybreak the next day, and it attacked the plant, and it withered.
But God appointed a worm at the rising of the dawn of the next day, and it struck the plant, and it withered.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
But God prepared a worme, when the morning rose the next day, which smote the gourde, that it withered.
And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, 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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But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.
But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.
But God also arranged for a worm! The next morning at dawn the worm ate through the stem of the plant so that it withered away.
But at the beginning of the next day, God sent a worm to destroy the plant and it dried up.
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered.
But God appointed a worm, at the uprisings of the dawn, the next day, - and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and it withered.
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm which attacked the plant, so that it withered.
And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.
But vpo the nexte morow agaynst the springe of the daye, the LORDE ordened a worme, which smote the wylde vyne, so that it wethered awaye.
But then God sent a worm. By dawn of the next day, the worm had bored into the shade tree and it withered away. The sun came up and God sent a hot, blistering wind from the east. The sun beat down on Jonah's head and he started to faint. He prayed to die: "I'm better off dead!"
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
prepared: Job 1:21, Psalms 30:6, Psalms 30:7, Psalms 102:10
it withered: Psalms 90:5, Psalms 90:6, Isaiah 40:6-8, Joel 1:12
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:39 - for the worms Hosea 5:12 - rottenness Jonah 4:8 - that God James 1:11 - risen
Cross-References
Then the Lord said to the woman, "You will suffer terribly when you give birth. But you will still desire your husband, and he will rule over you."
The Lord said to Cain: What's wrong with you? Why do you have such an angry look on your face?
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go for a walk." And when they were out in a field, Cain killed him.
Afterwards the Lord asked Cain, "Where is Abel?" "How should I know?" he answered. "Am I supposed to look after my brother?"
Then the Lord said: Why have you done this terrible thing? You killed your own brother, and his blood flowed onto the ground. Now his blood is calling out for me to punish you.
And so, I'll put you under a curse. Because you killed Abel and made his blood run out on the ground, you will never be able to farm the land again.
If you try to farm the land, it won't produce anything for you. From now on, you'll be without a home, and you'll spend the rest of your life wandering from place to place.
"This punishment is too hard!" Cain said.
"All right, go there," he answered. "I won't destroy that town.
But if you don't keep your promise, you will sin against the Lord and be punished.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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, Amos 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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
When the morning rose - , i. e., in the earliest dawn, before the actual sunrise. For one day Jonah enjoyed the refreshment of the palm-christ. In early dawn, it still promised the shadow; just ere it was most needed, at God’s command, it withered.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jonah 4:7. 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.
