Jonah 4:11

And should not I spare Nineveh, that ir hagedolah, wherein are more then sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their yamin (right hand) and their semol (left hand); and also much cattle?

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 said Hashem: Thou hast had pity on the climbing gourd, though thou hast not labored for it, neither madest it grow; which came up a ben lailah, and perished a ben lailah;

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Cross References

Genesis 9:10And with kol nefesh that is with you, of the bird, of the behemah, and of every animal of ha'aretz with you; from kol yotzei hatevah (all that go out of the ark), to every creature of ha'aretz.

Psalms 36:6Thy chesed, Hashem, is in HaShomayim; 1 and Thy emunah (faithfulness) reacheth unto the clouds. 1

Psalms 104:27These wait all upon Thee; 1 that Thou mayest give them their ochel (food) in due season. 1

Psalms 145:9[Tet] Tov is Hashem to all; 1 and His rachamim is over all His ma'asim. 1

Isaiah 1:18Come now, and let us reason together, 1 saith Hashem; 1 though your sins be as scarlet, 1 they shall be as white as snow; 1 though they be red like crimson, 1 they shall be as wool. 1

Jonah 3:2Arise, go unto Nineveh, that ir hagedolah, and preach unto it the preaching that I give thee.

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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