10 Then the Lord said, “You had compassion on the plant, for which you did not work and which you did not cause to grow, which [a]came up overnight and perished [b]overnight. 11 Should I not also (A)have compassion on Nineveh, the great city in which there are more than 120,000 people, who do not (B)know the difference between their right hand and their left, as well as many (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

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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10 Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night:

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?

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