He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
Jonah 4:7 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the bush, so that it withered. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But God prepared a cutworm when the morning dawned the next day, and it smote the gourd so that it withered. American Standard Version (1901) But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. Common English Bible But God provided a worm the next day at dawn, and it attacked the shrub so that it died. Catholic Public Domain Version And God prepared a worm, when dawn approached on the next day, and it struck the ivy, and it dried up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and it withered. |
He said, “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there; the Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.”
because of your indignation and anger, for you have lifted me up and thrown me aside.
The vine withers; the fig tree droops. Pomegranate, palm, and apple— all the trees of the field are dried up; surely, joy withers away among the people.
The Lord God appointed a bush and made it come up over Jonah, to give shade over his head, to save him from his discomfort, so Jonah was very happy about the bush.