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. "
— Jonah 4:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.”
“But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. ”
“But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.”
“So God sent a worm at dawn the next day, and it attacked the little plant so that it dried up.”
“But God prepared a worm, when the morning arose on the following day: and it struck the ivy and it withered.”
“But early on the morning after, God made ready a worm for the destruction of the vine, and it became dry and dead.”
“But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.”
And the Lord said, “Do you really think you are right to be angry?”
And Jonah went out of the city, and he sat opposite the east of the city. And he made himself a shelter there, and he was sitting under it in the shadow, until he might see what would befall the city.
And the Lord God prepared an ivy, and it ascended over the head of Jonah so as to be a shadow over his head, and to protect him (for he had labored hard). And Jonah rejoiced because of the ivy, with great rejoicing.
And God prepared a worm, when dawn approached on the next day, and it struck the ivy, and it dried up.
And when the sun had risen, the Lord ordered a hot and burning wind. And the sun beat down on the head of Jonah, and he burned. And he petitioned for his soul that he might die, and he said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”
And the Lord said to Jonah, “Do you really think that you are right to be angry because of the ivy?” And he said, “I am right to be angry even unto death.”
And the Lord said, “You grieve for the ivy, for which you have not labored and which you did not cause to grow, though it had been born during one night, and during one night perished.