Jonah 4:7
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, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
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From verse 7
12The 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 sons of men.
12The vine is dried vp, and the figgetree languisheth, the pomegranate tree, the palme tree also and the apple tree, euen all the trees of the field are withered: because ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men.
- Psalms 90:5–6Rank 2 from verse 7
5Thou carriest them away as with a flood; they are as a sleep: in the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth.
5‖Thou carriest them away as with a flood, they are as a sleepe: in the morning they are like grasse which groweth vp.
6In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth vp: in the euening it is cut downe, and withereth.
- Isaiah 40:6–8Rank 3 from verse 7
6The 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:
7The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass.
8The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
6*The voyce sayd; Cry. And hee sayd; What shall I cry? All flesh is grasse, and all the goodlinesse thereof is as the flowre of the field.
7The grasse withereth, the flowre fadeth; because the spirit of the LORD bloweth vpon it: surely the people is grasse.
8*The grasse withereth, the flowre fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for euer.
21And 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.
21And said, *Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I returne thither: the LORD gaue, and the LORD hath taken away, blessed be the Name of the LORD.
- Psalms 102:10Rank 5 from verse 7
- Psalms 30:6–7Rank 6 from verse 7
6And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.
7Lord, by thy favour thou hast made my mountain to stand strong: thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
6And in my prosperitie I said, I shall neuer be mooued.
7† LORD, by thy fauour thou hast made my mountaine to stand strong: Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.
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Jonah 4:7
Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
The one true God.
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Sense 1: A small creeping creature, larva, grub, caterpillar, maggot, or similar animal. Sense 2: By figure, a despised or abased being.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: The beginning or early part of the day, including hours before daylight. Sense 2: The dawn or a beginning compared with dawn.
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1. A flowering plant or its flower. 2. Arose or stood up.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Nearest or immediately succeeding in place, time, order, or turn.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: Light or the period of light between morning and evening, as distinguished from night. Sense 2: A complete daily cycle. Sense 3: A specified time, occasion, period, age, or season.
Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Struck or dealt a blow to a person or thing with a hand, weapon, instrument, object, or force. 2. Attacked, defeated, slew, destroyed, or devastated a person, army, city, people, or land. 3. Afflicted, injured, or visited with disease, plague, blindness, calamity, or judgment. 4. Of the heart, convicted, troubled, or reproved inwardly.
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A plant and its fruit called a gourd.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of wither, meaning to dry up, fade, lose freshness or strength, or waste away.
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3:10¶ And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
3:10¶ And God saw their workes, that they turned from their euill way, and God repented of the euill that hee had sayd, that he would doe vnto them, and he did it not.
4:1BUT it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
4:1¶ But it displeased Ionah exceedingly, and he was very angry.
4:2And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
4:2**And he prayed vnto the LORD, and sayd, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my countrey? Therefore I fledde before vnto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and mercifull, slow to anger, and of great kindnesse, and repentest thee of the euill.
4:3Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
4:3Therefore now, O LORD, Take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die then to liue.
4:4¶ Then said the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry?
4:4¶ ‖Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry?
4:5So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city.
4:5So Ionah went out of the citie, and sate on the East side of the city, and there made him a boothe, and sate vnder it in the shadow, till hee might see what would become of the citie.
4:6And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
4:6‖†And the LORD God prepared a gourd, and made it to come vp ouer Ionah, that it might be a shadow ouer his head, to deliuer him from his griefe. So Ionah was exceeding glad of the gourd.
4:7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
4:7But God prepared a worme when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
Selected passage4:8And it came to pass, when the sun did arise, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and wished in himself to die, and said, It is better for me to die than to live.
4:8‖And it came to passe when the Sunne did arise, that God prepared a vehement East wind; and the Sunne beat vpon the head of Ionah, that hee fainted, and wished in himselfe to die, and said, It is better for me to die, then to liue.
4:9And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.
4:9‖‖And God said to Ionah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? and he said, I doe well to be angry, euen vnto death.
4:10Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:
4:10‖†Then said the LORD, Thou hast had pitie on the gourde, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came vp in a night, and perished in a night:
4:11And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
4:11And should not I spare Nineueh that great citie, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons, that cannot discerne betweene their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattell?