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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?

KJV

et ego non parcam Ninive, civitati magnæ, in qua sunt plus quam centum viginti millia hominum qui nesciunt quid sit inter dexteram et sinistram suam, et jumenta multa ?

Vulgate

ἐγὼ δὲ οὐ φείσομαι ὑπὲρ Νινευὴ τῆς πόλεως τῆς μεγάλης, ἐν ᾗ κατοικοῦσιν πλείους δώδεκα μυριάδες ἀνθρώπων, οἵτινες οὐκ ἔγνωσαν δεξιὰν αὐτῶν ἢ ἀριστερὰν αὐτῶν, καὶ κτήνη πολλά;

LXX

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?

ASV

וַֽ/אֲנִי֙ לֹ֣א אָח֔וּס עַל נִינְוֵ֖ה הָ/עִ֣יר הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֶשׁ בָּ֡/הּ הַרְבֵּה֩ מִֽ/שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵ֨ה רִבּ֜וֹ אָדָ֗ם אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹֽא יָדַע֙ בֵּין יְמִינ֣/וֹ לִ/שְׂמֹאל֔/וֹ וּ/בְהֵמָ֖ה רַבָּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

20 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲנִ֥י
'ny
pronoun · 862×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בְּהֵמָ֑ה
bhmh
noun · 189×
בֵּ֥ין
byn
noun · 405×
גָּד֖וֹל
gdvl
verb · 528×
הַרְבֵּ֥ה
hrbh
verb · 233×
וֹ
v
noun · 141×
וֹ
v
noun · 54×
יֶשׁ
ysh
pronoun · 137×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נִֽינְוֵ֖ה
nynvh
proper_noun · 17×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָשָׂ֖ר
'shr
adjective · 335×
רִבּ֔וֹא
rbv'
noun · 11×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
תָח֥וֹס
tchvs
verb · 24×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 9:9 — For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
  • Deut 1:39 — Moreover 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
  • Deut 1:39 — Moreover 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
  • Gen 8:1 — And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
  • Isa 1:18 — Come 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.
  • Isa 8:4 — For before the child shall have knowledge to cry, My father, and my mother, the riches of Damascus and the spoil of Samaria shall be taken away before the king of Assyria.
  • Jer 49:11 — Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
  • Joel 2:22 — Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field: for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do yield their strength.
  • Jonah 1:2 — Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
  • Jonah 1:2 — Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me.
  • Jonah 3:2 — Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
  • Jonah 3:10 — And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.
  • Luke 15:28 — And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.
  • Matt 18:33 — Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
  • Ps 36:6 — Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast.
  • Ps 50:10 — For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.
  • Ps 104:14 — He 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;
  • Ps 104:27 — These wait all upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.
  • Ps 145:8 — The LORD is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.
  • Ps 145:9 — The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
  • Ps 145:15 — The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in due season.
  • Rom 5:14 — Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.