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10 Then Yahweh said, “You had pity on the plant for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which [a]came to be overnight and perished [b]overnight. 11 So should I not (A)have pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not (B)know the difference between their right and left hand, as well as many [c](C)animals?”

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 4:10 Lit was a son of a night
  2. Jonah 4:10 Lit a son of a night
  3. Jonah 4:11 Lit beasts, cattle; cf. 3:7-8

10 But the Lord said, “You have been concerned about this plant, though you did not tend it or make it grow. It sprang up overnight and died overnight. 11 And should I not have concern(A) for the great city of Nineveh,(B) in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left—and also many animals?”

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