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Jonah 4:7

But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.

Jonah 4:7 WEB

Jonah 4:7 in the King James Version

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

Context

6 The LORD God prepared a vine and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head to deliver him from his discomfort. So Jonah was exceedingly glad because of the vine.

7 But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine so that it withered.

8 When the sun arose, God prepared a sultry east wind; and the sun beat on Jonah’s head, so that he was faint and requested for himself that he might die. He said, “It is better for me to die than to live.”

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