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Jonah 4:11

So should I not care about the great city of Nineveh, which has more than 120,000 people who cannot tell their right hand from their left, and many cattle as well?”

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ASV

and should not I have regard for Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

KJV

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽאֲנִי֙va.'a.Niand IH589 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
אָח֔וּס'a.Chuswill I have compassion?H2347 →
עַל־'al-onH5921 →
נִינְוֵ֖הnin.VehNinevehH5210 →
הָעִ֣ירha.'Irthe cityH5892 →
הַגְּדוֹלָ֑הha.ge.do.Lah<the> greatH1419 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
יֶשׁ־yesh-thereH3426 →
בָּ֡הּbahin <the> it
הַרְבֵּה֩har.Beh[are] manyH7235 →
מִֽשְׁתֵּים־mish.teim-more than two [plus]H8147 →
עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה'es.RehtenH6240 →
רִבּ֜וֹri.Boten thousandH7239 →
אָדָ֗ם'a.Damperson[s]H120 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
יָדַע֙ya.Da'he distinguishesH3045 →
בֵּין־bein-betweenH996 →
יְמִינ֣וֹye.mi.Noright [hand] hisH3225 →
לִשְׂמֹאל֔וֹlis.mo.Loand left hisH8040 →
וּבְהֵמָ֖הu.ve.he.Mahand livestockH929 →
רַבָּֽה׃ra.BahmuchH7227 →

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Matthew 18:33Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’Luke 15:28–32The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him.Jonah 1:2“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”Psalms 145:8–9The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.Psalms 36:6Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.Deuteronomy 1:39And the little ones you said would become captives—your children who on that day did not know good from evil—will enter the land that I will give them, and they will possess it.Isaiah 1:18“Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as crimson, they will become like wool.Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:Psalms 145:15–16The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.Jonah 3:2–3“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.”Psalms 104:27–28All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.Psalms 145:9The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.Jonah 3:10When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.Genesis 8:1But God remembered Noah and all the animals and livestock that were with him in the ark. And God sent a wind over the earth, and the waters began to subside.1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?Romans 5:14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.Isaiah 8:4For before the boy knows how to cry ‘Father’ or ‘Mother,’ the wealth of Damascus and the plunder of Samaria will be carried off by the king of Assyria.”Jeremiah 49:11Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

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About Jonah

Jonah Is Spewed Forth by the Whale — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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