Jonah 4:7

A worm. — Possibly to be taken collectively, as in Isaiah 14:11, for a swarm of caterpillars.

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Isaiah 40:6-8 ; Job 1:21 ; Joel 1:12 ; Psalms 102:10 ; Psalms 30:6 ; Psalms 30:7 ; Psalms 90:5 ; Psalms 90:6
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⁷ But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.

Related Commentaries of Jonah 4:7

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jonah 4:7