Jonah 4:7 (YLT)

Passage

And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.

Nearby Context

Jonah 4:5 And Jonah goeth forth from the city, and sitteth on the east of the city, and maketh to himself there a booth, and sitteth under it in the shade, till that he seeth what is in the city.

Jonah 4:6 And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd, and causeth it to come up over Jonah, to be a shade over his head, to give deliverance to him from his affliction, and Jonah rejoiceth because of the gourd <FI>with<Fi> great joy.

Jonah 4:7 And God appointeth a worm at the going up of the dawn on the morrow, and it smiteth the gourd, and it drieth up.

Jonah 4:8 And it cometh to pass, about the rising of the sun, that God appointeth a cutting east wind, and the sun smiteth on the head of Jonah, and he wrappeth himself up, and asketh his soul to die, and saith, `Better <FI>is<Fi> my death than my life.'

Jonah 4:9 And God saith unto Jonah: `Is doing good displeasing to thee, because of the gourd?' and he saith, `To do good is displeasing to me--unto death.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "appointeth", "worm", "going", "dawn", "morrow", "smiteth", "gourd", and "drieth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "appointeth" and "worm", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "And Jehovah God appointeth a gourd and..." into verse 8's "And it cometh to pass about the...", so "appointeth" and "worm" belong inside that flow. In Jonah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "appointeth" and "worm" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.