Jonah 4:11

Shouldn't I be concerned about the great city of Nineveh where one hundred and twenty thousand people live who don't know their right hand from their left, not to mention all the animals?”

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In The King James Version

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?

In Context

10Then the Lord told Jonah, “You're concerned about a plant which you did nothing about, and you didn't make it grow. It came up overnight and died overnight.

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Cross References

Genesis 9:10and with all the animals around you—the birds, the livestock, and all the wild animals of the earth—every animal that accompanied you on the ark.

Psalms 36:6Your goodness is like the highest mountains, your fairness is like the deepest oceans. Lord, you save both the people and the animals.

Psalms 104:27All creatures look to you to give them food at the right time.

Psalms 145:9The Lord is good to everyone, and he shows mercy to all his created beings.

Isaiah 1:18Come on, let's argue this out, says the Lord. Even though your sins are like scarlet, they will become white like snow. Even though they are red like crimson, they will become like wool.

Jonah 3:2“Go immediately to the great city of Nineveh and announce the message I'm giving you.”

Matthew Henry on Jonah 4:6-11

The Prophet's Discontent; The Withering of the Prophet's Gourd; God's Remonstrance with Jonah. ( b. c. 840.) 5 So Jonah went out of the city, and sat on the east side of the city, and there made him a booth, and sat under it in the shadow, till he might see what would become of the city. 6 And the Lord God prepared a gourd, and made it to come up over Jonah, that it might be a shadow over his head, to deliver him from his grief. So Jonah was exceeding glad of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning… Read the whole commentary →

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