## up over Jonah so that it might be a shade over his head ##

"up over Jonah's head for shade"

## to deliver him from his distress ##

"to protect Jonah from the heat of the sun"

## But God prepared a worm ##

"God sent a worm" (UDB)

## It attacked  the plant ##

"The worm chewed the plant"

## the plant withered ##

"the plant became dry." It can also be translated as "the plant died."