Jonah 4:11
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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?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?”
In other translations
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?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?”
Hebrew words
וַאֲנִיva'aniand IH589לֹאlo'notH3808אָחוּס'achuswill I have compassion?H2347עַל־'al-onH5921נִינְוֵהninvehNinevehH5210הָעִירha'irthe cityH5892הַגְּדוֹלָהhagedolah<the> greatH1419אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834יֶשׁ־yesh-thereH3426בָּהּbahin <the> itהַרְבֵּהharbeh[are] manyH7235מִשְׁתֵּים־mishteim-more than two [plus]H8147עֶשְׂרֵה'esrehtenH6240רִבּוֹriboten thousandH7239אָדָם'adamperson[s]H120אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834לֹא־lo'-notH3808יָדַעyada'he distinguishesH3045בֵּין־bein-betweenH996יְמִינוֹyeminoright [hand] hisH3225לִשְׂמֹאלוֹlismoloand left hisH8040וּבְהֵמָהuvehemahand livestockH929רַבָּה׃rabahmuchH7227
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Matthew 18:33Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’
- Luke 15:28-3228 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. 31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.28 The older son became angry and refused to go in. So his father came out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’ 31 ‘Son, you are always with me,’ the father said, ‘and all that is mine is yours.
- Psalm 36:6Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
- Psalm 145:8-98 The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. 9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion. 9 The LORD is good to all; His compassion rests on all He has made.
- Jonah 1:2Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.“Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before Me.”
- Deuteronomy 1:39Moreover your little ones, which ye said should be a prey, and your children, which in that day had no knowledge between good and evil, they shall go in thither, and unto them will I give it, and they shall possess it.And 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.
- Psalm 104:14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.“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.
- Jonah 3:2-32 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee. 3 So Jonah arose, and went unto Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceeding great city of three days’ journey.2 “Get up! Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message that I give you.” 3 This time Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, in accordance with the word of the LORD. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, requiring a three-day journey.
- Psalm 145:15-1615 The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season. 16 Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.15 The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season. 16 You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
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Places: Nineveh