Jonah 4:7 BSB — MannaFest

Jonah 4:7

When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

KJV

But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

A small worm at the root destroys a large gourd. So it takes but little to make our creature comforts wither. It should silence discontent to remember, that when our gourd is gone, our God is not gone. the next day--after Jonah was so "exceeding glad" (compare Ps 80:7).

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיְמַ֤ן	vay.Man	and he appointed	H4487 →
הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
תּוֹלַ֔עַת	to.La.'at	a worm	H8438 →
בַּעֲל֥וֹת	ba.'a.Lot	when came up	H5927 →
הַשַּׁ֖חַר	ha.Sha.char	the dawn	H7837 →
לַֽמָּחֳרָ֑ת	la.mo.cho.Rat	to the next day	H4283 →
וַתַּ֥ךְ	va.Takh	and it attacked	H5221 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַקִּֽיקָי֖וֹן	ha.ki.ka.Yon	the plant	H7021 →
וַיִּיבָֽשׁ׃	vai.yi.Vash	and it withered	H3001 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joel 1:12
The 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.
leads to
- Isaiah 24:11
  In the streets they cry out for wine. All joy turns to gloom; rejoicing is exiled from the land.
- Isaiah 16:10
  Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.
- Song of Solomon 2:3
  Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
- Joel 1:16
  Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
- Hosea 9:1–2
  Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.
Through
Psalms 102:10
because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.
leads to
- Psalms 38:3
  There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
- 2 Corinthians 4:9
  persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed.
- Romans 3:19
  Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jonah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jonah