Jonah 4:7 - Compare All Versions
Jonah 4:7-8 MSG (The Message)
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!”
Jonah 4:7 KJV (King James Version)
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Jonah 4:7 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
But God appointed a worm when dawn came the next day and it attacked the plant and it withered.
Jonah 4:7 NCV (New Century Version)
But the next day when the sun rose, God sent a worm to attack the plant so that it died.
Jonah 4:7 ASV (American Standard Version)
But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.
Jonah 4:7 NIV (New International Version)
But at dawn the next day God provided a worm, which chewed the plant so that it withered.
Jonah 4:7 NKJV (New King James Version)
But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.
Jonah 4:7 AMP (Amplified Bible)
But God prepared a worm when morning dawned the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.
Jonah 4:7 NLT (New Living Translation)
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.
Jonah 4:7 TPT (The Passion Translation)
But at dawn the next day, God sent a worm to chew through the plant—and it withered.
Jonah 4:7 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.