But God prepared a worm at dawn the next day, and it chewed on the vine, so that it withered.
Parallel translations
- KJV But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd that it withered.
- BSB When dawn came the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant so that it withered.
- ESV But when dawn came up the next day, God appointed a worm that attacked the plant, so that it withered.
- NKJV But as morning dawned the next day God prepared a worm, and it so damaged the plant that it withered.
- NASB But God designated a worm when dawn came the next day, and it attacked the plant and it withered.
- NLT But God also arranged for a worm! The next morning at dawn the worm ate through the stem of the plant so that it withered away.
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- Joel 1:12The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
- Ps 90:5–6You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.
- Job 1:21He said, “Naked I came out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return there. Yahweh gave, and Yahweh has taken away. Blessed be Yahweh’s name.”
- Isa 40:6–8The voice of one saying, “Cry!” One said, “What shall I cry?” “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of the field.
- Ps 102:10Because of your indignation and your wrath, for you have taken me up, and thrown me away.
- Ps 30:6–7As for me, I said in my prosperity, “I shall never be moved.”
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