Jonah 4:11

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?

And should not I spare {H2347} Nineveh {H5210}, that great {H1419} city {H5892}, wherein are {H3426} more {H7235} than sixscore {H8147}{H6240} thousand {H7239} persons {H120} that cannot discern {H3045} between their right hand {H3225} and their left hand {H8040}; and also much {H7227} cattle {H929}?

So shouldn't I be concerned about the great city of Ninveh, in which there are more than 120,000 people who don't know their right hand from their left - not to mention all the animals?"

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?”

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?

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 18:33 (10 votes)

    Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

  • Luke 15:28 (8 votes)

    And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

  • Luke 15:32 (8 votes)

    It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

  • Psalms 145:8 (8 votes)

    The LORD [is] gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.

  • Psalms 145:9 (8 votes)

    The LORD [is] good to all: and his tender mercies [are] over all his works.

  • Psalms 36:6 (8 votes)

    Thy righteousness [is] like the great mountains; thy judgments [are] a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.

  • Jonah 1:2 (8 votes)

    Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.