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Jonah 4:7

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

KJV

Et paravit Deus vermen ascensu diluculi in crastinum : et percussit hederam, et exaruit.

Vulgate

καὶ προσέταξεν ὁ θεὸς σκώληκι ἑωθινῇ τῇ ἐπαύριον, καὶ ἐπάταξεν τὴν κολόκυνθαν, καὶ ἀπεξηράνθη.

LXX

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

ASV

וַ/יְמַ֤ן הָֽ/אֱלֹהִים֙ תּוֹלַ֔עַת בַּ/עֲל֥וֹת הַ/שַּׁ֖חַר לַֽ/מָּחֳרָ֑ת וַ/תַּ֥ךְ אֶת הַ/קִּֽיקָי֖וֹן וַ/יִּיבָֽשׁ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הֹבִ֥ישׁ
hbysh
verb · 73×
יַּ֥עַל
y'l
verb · 885×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
ם
m
verb · 499×
מְנ֣וֹת
mnvt
verb · 28×
מָּחֳרָ֔ת
mchrt
noun · 31×
קִיקָי֞וֹן
qyqyvn
noun · 5×
שָּֽׁחַר
shchr
noun · 25×
תוֹלַ֥עַת
tvl't
noun · 43×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 5:12 — Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
  • Isa 40:6 — The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field:
  • Job 1:21 — 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.
  • Joel 1:12 — The vine is dried up, and the fig tree languisheth; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all the trees of the field, are withered: because joy is withered away from the s
  • Ps 30:6 — And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
  • Ps 90:5 — Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
  • Ps 102:10 — Because of thine indignation and thy wrath: for thou hast lifted me up, and cast me down.