Jonah 4:11

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

So should I not care about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 people who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals?'

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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?

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And should I not spare Nineveh, that great city, where there are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And should not I spare{H2347}{(H8799)} Nineveh{H5210}, that great{H1419} city{H5892}, wherein are{H3426} more{H7235}{(H8687)} than sixscore{H8147}{H6240} thousand{H7239} persons{H120} that cannot discern{H3045}{(H8804)} between their right hand{H3225} and their left hand{H8040}; and also much{H7227} cattle{H929}?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    and shuld not I haue compassion on Niniue that greate citie wherin there is a multitude of people euen aboue an hundred thousande that know not theyr right hand from the lyfte besydes moch catell?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And shulde not I then haue compassion vpon Niniue that greate cite, wherin there are aboue an C. and xx. thousande personnes, yt knowe not their right hode fro the lefte, besydes moch catell?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And shoulde not I spare Nineueh that great citie, wherein are sixe score thousande persons, that cannot discerne betweene their right hand, and their left hand, and also much cattell?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And shall not I spare Niniue that great citie, in the which are more then sixscore thousand persons that knowe not their right hand and their left, and also much cattaile?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?"

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and I -- have not I pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than twelve myriads of human beings, who have not known between their right hand and their left -- and much cattle!'

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And am I not to have mercy on Nineveh, that great town, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons without the power of judging between right and left, as well as much cattle?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Shouldn't I be concerned for Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred twenty thousand persons who can't discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much livestock?"

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Should I not be even more concerned about Nineveh, this enormous city? There are more than one hundred twenty thousand people in it who do not know right from wrong, as well as many animals!”

Referenced Verses

  • Jonah 1:2 : 2 Arise, go to the great city of Nineveh, and proclaim against it, because their wickedness has come up before me.
  • Matt 18:33 : 33 'Shouldn't you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had mercy on you?'
  • Luke 15:28-32 : 28 But he 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 your command, yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours came, who has squandered your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!' 31 The father said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and rejoice, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.'
  • Deut 1:39 : 39 And the little ones you said would be taken as plunder—your children who do not yet know good from evil—they will enter the land. I will give it to them, and they will take possession of it.
  • Ps 36:6 : 6 Lord, your steadfast love reaches to the heavens; your faithfulness to the clouds.
  • Ps 104:14 : 14 He causes the grass to grow for the livestock and plants for people to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth,
  • Ps 104:27-28 : 27 All creatures look to You to give them their food at the proper time. 28 When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.
  • Ps 145:8-9 : 8 The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in steadfast love. 9 The LORD is good to all, and his compassion is over all he has made.
  • Ps 145:15-16 : 15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. 16 You open your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.
  • Isa 1:18 : 18 "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall become like wool.
  • Jonah 3:2-3 : 2 “Get up, go to the great city of Nineveh, and proclaim the message that I tell you.” 3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, following the LORD's command. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, taking three days to go through it.
  • Jonah 3:10-4:1 : 10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, He relented and did not bring upon them the disaster He had threatened. 1 But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Jonah 4:9-10
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    9 But God said to Jonah, 'Is it right for you to be angry about the plant?' And Jonah replied, 'It is right for me to be angry, even to the point of death.'

    10 But the LORD said, 'You cared about the plant, which you did not labor for or make grow; it appeared in the night and perished in the night.

  • Jonah 3:2-9
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    72%

    2 “Get up, go to the great city of Nineveh, and proclaim the message that I tell you.”

    3 So Jonah got up and went to Nineveh, following the LORD's command. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, taking three days to go through it.

    4 Jonah began to go into the city, walking a journey of one day, and he proclaimed, saying, “In forty days Nineveh will be overturned!”

    5 The people of Nineveh believed God. They proclaimed a fast and dressed in sackcloth, from the greatest of them to the least.

    6 When the word reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself in sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

    7 Then he made a proclamation in Nineveh, by decree of the king and his nobles: “Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything. Let them not graze or drink water.

    8 But let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out to God with fervor. Let each turn from his evil ways and from the violence in their hands.

    9 Who knows? God may turn and relent and withdraw His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

  • Nah 3:7-8
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    71%

    7 Everyone who sees you will flee from you, saying, 'Nineveh is devastated! Who will mourn for her? Where can I find anyone to comfort you?'

    8 Are you better than Thebes, situated by the Nile with water around her? The river was her defense, the waters her wall.

  • Jonah 1:2
    70%

    2 Arise, go to the great city of Nineveh, and proclaim against it, because their wickedness has come up before me.

  • Jer 9:9-10
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    69%

    9 I will raise weeping and wailing for the mountains and a dirge for the pastures in the wilderness, because they are burned up and desolate; no one passes through, and cattle cannot be heard anymore—birds of the sky and animals alike have fled and are gone.

    10 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the towns of Judah desolate, without inhabitants.

  • Ezek 9:5
    69%

    5 To the others, he said in my hearing, 'Pass through the city after him and strike down. Do not let your eye spare, and do not show pity.'

  • Nah 2:8
    69%

    8 It is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away. Her maidservants moan like doves and beat upon their breasts.

  • Gen 18:24
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    24 'Suppose there are fifty righteous people within the city. Will You really sweep it away and not spare the place for the sake of the fifty righteous who are there?'

  • Jonah 4:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

    1 But Jonah was greatly displeased and became angry.

    2 And he prayed to the LORD, saying, 'O LORD, isn’t this what I said while I was still in my own land? That is why I tried to flee to Tarshish, for I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and relenting from sending calamity.

  • Jonah 4:4-5
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    67%

    4 But the LORD said, 'Is it right for you to be angry?'

    5 Jonah then went out of the city and sat east of it. There he made himself a shelter and sat under its shade, waiting to see what would happen to the city.

  • Gen 18:29-32
    4 verses
    67%

    29 Once again Abraham spoke to Him, 'What if forty are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of forty, I will not do it.'

    30 Then Abraham said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak. What if thirty are found there?' He replied, 'I will not do it if I find thirty there.'

    31 Abraham said, 'Now that I have ventured to speak to the Lord, suppose twenty are found there.' He answered, 'For the sake of twenty, I will not destroy it.'

    32 Finally, he said, 'May the Lord not be angry, but let me speak just once more. What if ten are found there?' He answered, 'For the sake of ten, I will not destroy it.'

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    9 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not take vengeance on a nation like this?

  • Jer 22:8
    66%

    8 Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?'

  • Num 31:33
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    33 72,000 cattle,

  • Jer 21:6
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    6 I will strike the inhabitants of this city—both man and beast—with a great plague, and they will die.

  • Matt 12:41
    66%

    41 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching, and look—something greater than Jonah is here.

  • Luke 11:32
    66%

    32 The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they repented at Jonah's preaching—and look, something greater than Jonah is here.

  • Gen 18:26
    66%

    26 The LORD replied, 'If I find fifty righteous people in the city of Sodom, I will spare the entire place for their sake.'

  • Amos 5:3
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    3 For this is what the Lord God says: The city that marches out a thousand will have a hundred left, and the one that goes out a hundred will have ten left for the house of Israel.

  • Zech 11:6
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    6 For I will no longer show pity to the people of the land,' declares the LORD. 'I will give everyone into the hands of their neighbors and their king. They will crush the land, and I will not deliver them from their power.'

  • Zeph 2:13-14
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    13 He will stretch out His hand against the north and destroy Assyria, leaving Nineveh utterly desolate, as dry as the desert.

    14 Flocks and all kinds of wild animals will lie down in her midst; even the pelican and the hedgehog will lodge on her columns. Their voices will echo through the windows, rubble will fill the thresholds, for her cedar paneling has been laid bare.

  • Num 11:22
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    22 Would they have enough if flocks and herds were slaughtered for them? Or if all the fish in the sea were gathered for them, would that be enough?'

  • 1 Sam 15:3
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    3 Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.'

  • Jer 5:29
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    29 Should I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?

  • Ezek 14:21
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    21 For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: How much worse will it be when I send my four dreadful judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—against Jerusalem, to cut off both man and beast from it!

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    19 Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out my wrath upon it in bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,

  • Ps 78:38
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    38 Yet He, being compassionate, forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. Time and again, He restrained His anger and did not stir up His full wrath.

  • Exod 9:3
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    3 the hand of the Lord will bring a severe plague on your livestock in the field—on your horses, donkeys, camels, cattle, and sheep.

  • Ezek 8:18
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    18 Therefore I will act in wrath. My eye will not spare, nor will I have compassion. Even though they cry out loudly in My ears, I will not hear them.'

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    10 'But as for me, my eye will not spare, nor will I show pity. I will bring their actions back upon their own heads.'

  • Zech 11:4
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    4 This is what the LORD my God says: ‘Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.’

  • Gen 6:7
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    7 So the Lord said, "I will wipe out humanity, whom I have created, from the face of the earth—humans, along with the animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I regret that I have made them."

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    14 In the same way, it is not the will of your Father in heaven that any of these little ones should perish.

  • Gen 10:12
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    12 and Resen between Nineveh and Calah, which is a great city.