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The next morning at dawn the worm ate through the stem of the plant so that it withered away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jonah/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jonah/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jonah/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jonah/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it <i>so</i> damaged the plant that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jonah/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But God designated a worm when dawn came the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jonah/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jonah/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jonah/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But God appointed a worm at the breaking of dawn the next day, and it struck the plant, and it dried up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jonah/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But God prepared a worm when morning dawned the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jonah/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, and it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jonah/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, and it withered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jonah/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jonah/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />but early the next morning the LORD sent a worm to chew on the vine, and the vine dried up. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jonah/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jonah/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />At dawn the next day, God sent a worm to attack the plant so that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jonah/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But at dawn the next day, at God's command, a worm attacked the plant, and it died. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jonah/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />But at dawn the next day, God provided a worm that attacked the vine plant so that it withered away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jonah/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jonah/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jonah/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jonah/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jonah/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jonah/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And God appoints a worm at the going up of the dawn on the next day, and it strikes the gourd, and it dries up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jonah/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jonah/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And God will appoint a worm in the going up of the morning for the morrow, and it will strike the gourd, and it will dry up.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jonah/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and it withered. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jonah/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And God prepared a worm, when dawn approached on the next day, and it struck the ivy, and it dried up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jonah/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But the next morning at dawn God provided a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jonah/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jonah/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But the next day at dawn, God commanded a worm, and it smote the gourd so that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jonah/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the next day LORD JEHOVAH God commanded a worm at the rising of dawn and it struck the shoot of the gourd and it lopped it off<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jonah/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jonah/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And God commanded a worm the next morning, and it smote the gourd, and it withered away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jonah/4-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/lfTdDqEKJXA?start=459" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jonah/4.htm">Jonah's Anger at the LORD's Compassion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>So the LORD God appointed a vine, and it grew up to provide shade over Jonah’s head to ease his discomfort, and Jonah was greatly pleased with the plant. <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7837.htm" title="7837: haš·ša·ḥar (Art:: N-ms) -- Dawn. From shachar; dawn.">When dawn</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ba·‘ă·lō·wṯ (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">came</a> <a href="/hebrew/4283.htm" title="4283: lam·mā·ḥo·rāṯ (Prep-l, Art:: N-fs) -- The morrow. Or mochoratham; feminine from the same as machar; the morrow or tomorrow.">the next day,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/4487.htm" title="4487: way·man (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll.">appointed</a> <a href="/hebrew/8438.htm" title="8438: tō·w·la·‘aṯ (N-fs) -- Worm, scarlet stuff. ">a worm</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: wat·taḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3fs) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">that attacked</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7021.htm" title="7021: haq·qî·qā·yō·wn (Art:: N-ms) -- (a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant. Perhaps from qayah; the gourd.">the plant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3001.htm" title="3001: way·yî·ḇāš (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To be dry, dried up, or withered. A primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also to dry up or wither.">so that it withered.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>As the sun was rising, God appointed a scorching east wind, and the sun beat down on Jonah’s head so that he grew faint and wished to die, saying, “It is better for me to die than to live.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/3-17.htm">Genesis 3:17-19</a></span><br />And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life. / Both thorns and thistles it will yield for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. / By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/10-12.htm">Exodus 10:12-15</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt, so that the locusts may swarm over it and devour every plant in the land—everything that the hail has left behind.” / So Moses stretched out his staff over the land of Egypt, and throughout that day and night the LORD sent an east wind across the land. By morning the east wind had brought the locusts. / The locusts swarmed across the land and settled over the entire territory of Egypt. Never before had there been so many locusts, and never again will there be. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/1-21.htm">Job 1:21</a></span><br />saying: “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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/2-10.htm">Job 2:10</a></span><br />“You speak as a foolish woman speaks,” he told her. “Should we accept from God only good and not adversity?” In all this, Job did not sin in what he said.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a></span><br />As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field; / when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a></span><br />A 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. / The grass withers and the flowers fall when the breath of the LORD blows on them; indeed, the people are grass. / The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a></span><br />How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-4.htm">Joel 1:4</a></span><br />What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Amos 4:9</a></span><br />“I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-30.htm">Matthew 6:30</a></span><br />If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-6.htm">Matthew 13:6</a></span><br />But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-19.htm">Matthew 21:19</a></span><br />Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/4-6.htm">Mark 4:6</a></span><br />But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/11-20.htm">Mark 11:20-21</a></span><br />As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots. / Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-28.htm">Luke 12:28</a></span><br />If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.</p><p class="hdg">prepared.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/1-21.htm">Job 1:21</a></b></br> And said, Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/30-6.htm">Psalm 30:6,7</a></b></br> And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-10.htm">Psalm 102:10</a></b></br> Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.</p><p class="hdg">it withered.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-5.htm">Psalm 90:5,6</a></b></br> Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are <i>as</i> a sleep: in the morning <i>they are</i> like grass <i>which</i> groweth up… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a></b></br> The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh <i>is</i> grass, and all the goodliness thereof <i>is</i> as the flower of the field: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joel/1-12.htm">Joel 1:12</a></b></br> The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, <i>even</i> all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the sons of men.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Appointeth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-7.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/numbers/11-33.htm">Chewed</a> <a href="/joel/2-2.htm">Dawn</a> <a href="/amos/9-2.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-22.htm">Drieth</a> <a href="/jonah/2-10.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/joel/2-23.htm">Early</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Gourd</a> <a href="/amos/5-8.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-3.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Provided</a> <a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/jonah/3-6.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-9.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/amos/4-9.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Vine</a> <a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Withered</a> <a href="/joel/2-25.htm">Worm</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/hebrews/7-28.htm">Appointeth</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-15.htm">Attacked</a> <a href="/numbers/11-33.htm">Chewed</a> <a href="/matthew/4-16.htm">Dawn</a> <a href="/nahum/3-3.htm">Dead</a> <a href="/micah/1-15.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/nahum/1-4.htm">Drieth</a> <a href="/nahum/1-4.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Early</a> <a href="/jonah/4-9.htm">Gourd</a> <a href="/micah/2-1.htm">Morning</a> <a href="/zephaniah/3-3.htm">Morrow</a> <a href="/jonah/4-9.htm">Plant</a> <a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Prepared</a> <a href="/luke/8-3.htm">Provided</a> <a href="/micah/7-3.htm">Ready</a> <a href="/jonah/4-8.htm">Rose</a> <a href="/matthew/5-39.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/haggai/2-17.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/jonah/4-9.htm">Vine</a> <a href="/nahum/1-10.htm">Withered</a> <a href="/mark/9-44.htm">Worm</a><div class="vheading2">Jonah 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/4-1.htm">Jonah repining at God's mercy,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jonah/4-4.htm">is reproved by the type of a withering vine.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jonah/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jonah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jonah/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When dawn came the next day</b><br>This phrase indicates the timing of the event, emphasizing the sovereignty of God over time and creation. The mention of "dawn" suggests a new beginning or a significant change, often used in Scripture to mark divine intervention or revelation (e.g., <a href="/genesis/19-15.htm">Genesis 19:15</a>, <a href="/exodus/14-27.htm">Exodus 14:27</a>). The timing underscores God's control over the natural order and His ability to orchestrate events according to His purposes.<p><b>God appointed a worm</b><br>The use of "appointed" highlights God's direct involvement and authority over creation. This mirrors other instances in Jonah where God appoints elements of nature to fulfill His will, such as the great fish (<a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Jonah 1:17</a>) and the plant (<a href="/jonah/4-6.htm">Jonah 4:6</a>). The worm, a seemingly insignificant creature, becomes an instrument of God's teaching, illustrating that God can use any part of His creation to accomplish His purposes.<p><b>that attacked the plant</b><br>The action of the worm attacking the plant serves as a metaphor for the transient nature of earthly comforts and the futility of relying on them. This act of destruction is a physical manifestation of the spiritual lesson God is teaching Jonah about compassion and priorities. It parallels the theme of divine judgment and mercy found throughout the Bible, such as in <a href="/isaiah/40-6.htm">Isaiah 40:6-8</a>, where human life and glory are compared to grass that withers.<p><b>so that it withered</b><br>The withering of the plant symbolizes the temporary nature of worldly provisions and comforts. This imagery is consistent with biblical teachings on the fleeting nature of life and material possessions (e.g., <a href="/psalms/103-15.htm">Psalm 103:15-16</a>, <a href="/james/1-11.htm">James 1:11</a>). The withering plant serves as a lesson to Jonah, and by extension to the reader, about the importance of aligning one's values with God's eternal purposes rather than temporary, self-centered desires.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jonah.htm">Jonah</a></b><br>A prophet of God who was sent to Nineveh to proclaim God's message of repentance. Jonah's reaction to God's mercy on Nineveh is central to this chapter.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who appoints the worm to teach Jonah a lesson about compassion and divine mercy.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_plant.htm">The Plant</a></b><br>A plant that God caused to grow to provide shade for Jonah, symbolizing God's provision and care.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_worm.htm">The Worm</a></b><br>Appointed by God to attack the plant, symbolizing the transient nature of earthly comforts and the sovereignty of God over creation.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/n/nineveh.htm">Nineveh</a></b><br>The city to which Jonah was sent, representing the object of God's mercy and the broader theme of repentance and forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty.htm">God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>God is in control of all creation, from the largest city to the smallest worm. This reminds us to trust in His plans and purposes, even when they are not immediately clear to us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_transience_of_earthly_comforts.htm">The Transience of Earthly Comforts</a></b><br>The plant's withering illustrates the fleeting nature of worldly comforts. We should not place our ultimate hope in temporary things but in the eternal God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_lessons_in_everyday_life.htm">Divine Lessons in Everyday Life</a></b><br>God often uses ordinary events to teach us profound spiritual truths. We should remain attentive to how God might be speaking to us through our daily experiences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/compassion_over_comfort.htm">Compassion Over Comfort</a></b><br>Jonah's concern for the plant over the people of Nineveh challenges us to prioritize compassion for others over our own comfort and convenience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_mercy.htm">Repentance and Mercy</a></b><br>The account of Jonah and Nineveh underscores the importance of repentance and the boundless mercy of God, encouraging us to extend grace to others as we have received it.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jonah_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jonah 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_age_of_accountability.htm">What does the Bible say about age of accountability?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/jonah_4_6-7__plant's_day-long_miracle.htm">Jonah 4:6–7 – How can a plant miraculously appear and perish in a single day without violating natural laws? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_spare_nineveh_but_not_the_plant.htm">Jonah 4:9 – Why does God confront Jonah about his anger over the withered plant yet spare Nineveh, seeming inconsistent with other punitive Bible narratives? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_jeremiah_45_4's_claim.htm">In Jeremiah 45:4, is there any historical or archeological evidence to support the claim that God would 'overthrow what I have built' in a specific time and place?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jonah/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">A worm.</span>--Possibly to be taken collectively, as in <a href="/isaiah/14-11.htm" title="Your pomp is brought down to the grave, and the noise of your viols: the worm is spread under you, and the worms cover you.">Isaiah 14:11</a>, for a swarm of caterpillars.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jonah/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Prepared</span> (see note on ver. 6). <span class="cmt_word">A worm.</span> Either a single worm which punctured the stem and caused the plant to wither, or the word is used collectively, as in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-39.htm">Deuteronomy 28:39</a>, for "worms." A single warm night, with a moist atmosphere, will suffice to produce a host of caterpillars, which in an incredibly short time strip a plant of all its leaves. When the morning rose. At the very earliest dawn, before the actual rising of the sun (comp. <a href="/judges/9-33.htm">Judges 9:33</a>). Jonah seems to have enjoyed the shelter of the gourd one whole day. The withering of the plant came about in a natural way, but was ordered by God at a certain time in order to give Jonah the intended lesson. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jonah/4-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When dawn</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשַּׁ֖חַר</span> <span class="translit">(haš·ša·ḥar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7837.htm">Strong's 7837: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dawn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">came</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּעֲל֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ba·‘ă·lō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the next day,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽמָּחֳרָ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(lam·mā·ḥo·rāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4283.htm">Strong's 4283: </a> </span><span class="str2">The morrow, tomorrow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">God</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">appointed</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיְמַ֤ן</span> <span class="translit">(way·man)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4487.htm">Strong's 4487: </a> </span><span class="str2">To weigh out, to allot, constitute officially, to enumerate, enroll</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a worm</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹלַ֔עַת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·la·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8438.htm">Strong's 8438: </a> </span><span class="str2">The crimson-grub, of the color, from it, cloths dyed therewith</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that attacked</span><br /><span class="heb">וַתַּ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(wat·taḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the plant</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qî·qā·yō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7021.htm">Strong's 7021: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a plant) perhaps castor-oil plant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">so that it withered.</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּיבָֽשׁ׃</span> <span class="translit">(way·yî·ḇāš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3001.htm">Strong's 3001: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jonah/4-7.htm">Jonah 4:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jonah/4-7.htm">Jonah 4:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jonah/4-7.htm">Jonah 4:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jonah/4-7.htm">Jonah 4:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jonah/4-7.htm">Jonah 4:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jonah/4-7.htm">Jonah 4:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jonah/4-7.htm">Jonah 4:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jonah/4-7.htm">Jonah 4:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jonah/4-7.htm">Jonah 4:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jonah/4-7.htm">Jonah 4:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jonah/4-7.htm">OT Prophets: Jonah 4:7 But God prepared a worm at dawn (Jon. 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