Jonah 4:11 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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? ”

Jonah 4:11 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Jonah 4:11 in 6 Bible Translations

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Jonah 4:11 WEB — 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 many animals?””

Jonah 4:11 — World English Bible

Jonah 4:11 ASV — 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? ”

Jonah 4:11 — American Standard Version

Jonah 4:11 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“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!'”

Jonah 4:11 — Young's Literal Translation

Jonah 4:11 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“and I, should not I have pity on Nineveh, the great city, wherein are more than a hundred and twenty thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? ”

Jonah 4:11 — Darby Translation

Jonah 4:11 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“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? ”

Jonah 4:11 — Geneva Bible

Jonah 4:11 in Context — Jonah 4

9 And God said to Jonah, Doest thou well to be angry for the gourd? And he said, I do well to be angry, even unto death.

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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What Does Jonah 4:11 Mean?

Jonah 4:11 is a verse from the Book of Jonah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jonah chapter 4. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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