Jonah 4:6
“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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And the Lord God prepared a gourd,.... So the Septuagint render the word; but some say that a worm will not touch that;…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And the Lord God prepared a gourd - , (a palm-christ, English margin, rightly.) . “God again commanded the gourd, as he…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
And the Lord God prepared a gourd - I believe this should be rendered in the preterpluperfect tense. The Lord Had…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
prepared Rather, appointed. And so in Jon 4:7-8. See Jon 1:17, note.
a gourd This is the only place in the Old Testament…
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