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Jonah 4:6

Jonah chapter 4 · verse 6 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And Jehovah God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And 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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And Jehovah God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shade over his head, to deliver him from his evil case. So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd.

Context

v.5Then 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 shade, till he might see what would become of the city.

v.6This passage

v.7But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 103:10

    He hath not dealt with us after our sins, Nor rewarded us after our iniquities.

  • 1 Corinthians 7:30

    and those that weep, as though they wept not; and those that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and those that buy, as though they possessed not;

  • Amos 6:13

    ye that rejoice in a thing of nought, that say, Have we not taken to us horns by our own strength?

  • Isaiah 39:2

    And Hezekiah was glad of them, and showed them the house of his precious things, the silver, and the gold, and the spices, and the precious oil, and all the house of his armor, and all that was found in his treasures: there was nothing in his house, nor in all his dominion, that Hezekiah showed them not.

  • Luke 10:20

    Nevertheless in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.

  • Jonah 1:17

    And Jehovah prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah; and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.