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Selected Verse: Jonah 4:7 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Jon 4:7	Strong Concordance	But God [0430] prepared [04487] a worm [08438] when the morning [07837] rose [05927] the next day [04283], and it smote [05221] the gourd [07021] that it withered [03001].
	King James	But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
a worm--of a particular kind, deadly to the ricinus. 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 ).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

a worm--of a particular kind, deadly to the ricinus. 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 ).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
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.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

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.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Prepared - By the same power which caused the gourd suddenly to spring, and spread itself. It smote - Which early next morning, bit the root, so that the whole gourd withered.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Prepared - By the same power which caused the gourd suddenly to spring, and spread itself. It smote - Which early next morning, bit the root, so that the whole gourd withered.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
But God prepared a worm - By being eaten through the root, the plant, losing its nourishment, would soon wither; and this was the case in the present instance.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

But God prepared a worm - By being eaten through the root, the plant, losing its nourishment, would soon wither; and this was the case in the present instance.

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