Jon 4:7-8 | JFB | STEP | 7. a worm —of a particular kind, deadly to the ricinus. A small worm at the root destroys a large gourd. So it takes but little to make our creature comforts wither. It should silence discontent to remember, that when our gourd is gone, our God is not gone. the next day —after Jonah was so "exceeding glad" (compare ).

Jonah 4:7-8

7. a worm—of a particular kind, deadly to the ricinus. A small worm at the root destroys a large gourd. So it takes but little to make our creature comforts wither. It should silence discontent to remember, that when our gourd is gone, our God is not gone.

the next day—after Jonah was so "exceeding glad" (compare Ps 80:7).

8. vehement—rather, "scorching"; the Margin, "silent," expressing sultry stillness, not vehemence.