11 And should I not pity Nineveh, (A)that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons (B)who cannot discern between their right hand and their left—and much livestock?”

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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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33 Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?’

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33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’

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28 “But he was angry and would not go in. Therefore his father came out and pleaded with him. 29 So he answered and said to his father, ‘Lo, these many years I have been serving you; I never transgressed your commandment at any time; and yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might make merry with my friends. 30 But as soon as this son of yours came, who has devoured your livelihood with harlots, you killed the fatted calf for him.’

31 “And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that I have is yours. 32 It was right that we should make merry and be glad, (A)for your brother was dead and is alive again, and was lost and is found.’ ”

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28 “The older brother became angry(A) and refused to go in. So his father went out and pleaded with him. 29 But he answered his father, ‘Look! All these years I’ve been slaving for you and never disobeyed your orders. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends. 30 But when this son of yours who has squandered your property(B) with prostitutes(C) comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!’

31 “‘My son,’ the father said, ‘you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. 32 But we had to celebrate and be glad, because this brother of yours was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’”(D)

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“Arise, go to (A)Nineveh, that (B)great city, and cry out against it; for (C)their wickedness has come up before Me.”

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“Go to the great city of Nineveh(A) and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”

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Your righteousness is like the [a]great mountains;
(A)Your judgments are a great deep;
O Lord, You preserve man and beast.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 36:6 Lit. mountains of God

Your righteousness(A) is like the highest mountains,(B)
    your justice like the great deep.(C)
    You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.(D)

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(A)The Lord is gracious and full of compassion,
Slow to anger and great in mercy.
(B)The Lord is good to all,
And His tender mercies are over all His works.

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The Lord is gracious and compassionate,(A)
    slow to anger and rich in love.(B)

The Lord is good(C) to all;
    he has compassion(D) on all he has made.

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39 (A)‘Moreover your little ones and your children, who (B)you say will be victims, who today (C)have no knowledge of good and evil, they shall go in there; to them I will give it, and they shall possess it.

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39 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive,(A) your children who do not yet know(B) good from bad—they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it.

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10 (A)Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.

Jonah’s Anger and God’s Kindness

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry.

10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(A) and did not bring on them the destruction(B) he had threatened.(C)

Jonah’s Anger at the Lord’s Compassion

But to Jonah this seemed very wrong, and he became angry.(D)

“Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.” So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh, according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, [a]a three-day journey in extent.

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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 3:3 Exact meaning unknown

“Go to the great city of Nineveh and proclaim to it the message I give you.”

Jonah obeyed the word of the Lord and went to Nineveh. Now Nineveh was a very large city; it took three days to go through it.

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18 “Come now, and let us (A)reason together,”
Says the Lord,
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
(B)They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.

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18 “Come now, let us settle the matter,”(A)
    says the Lord.
“Though your sins are like scarlet,
    they shall be as white as snow;(B)
though they are red as crimson,
    they shall be like wool.(C)

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15 (A)The eyes of all look expectantly to You,
And (B)You give them their food in due season.
16 You open Your hand
(C)And satisfy the desire of every living thing.

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15 The eyes of all look to you,
    and you give them their food(A) at the proper time.
16 You open your hand
    and satisfy the desires(B) of every living thing.

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27 (A)These all wait for You,
That You may give them their food in due season.
28 What You give them they gather in;
You open Your hand, they are filled with good.

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27 All creatures look to you
    to give them their food(A) at the proper time.
28 When you give it to them,
    they gather it up;
when you open your hand,
    they are satisfied(B) with good things.

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14 (A)He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth (B)food from the earth,

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14 He makes grass grow(A) for the cattle,
    and plants for people to cultivate—
    bringing forth food(B) from the earth:

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