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Jonah 4:11

King James Version (KJV)

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Jonah 4:11

Verse 11 of 11

Scripture focus

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 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jonah 4:11

Theological / Devotional

Spare. Heb. chus, “to be sorry for,” “to show compassion for.” Chus is translated “hast had pity” in v. 10.

Sixscore thousand. On the population of Nineveh see Additional Note on Chapter 1.

That cannot discern. Some have applied this expression to the young children who were not yet old enough to determine which hand was the stronger and more useful. If it is assumed that these young children comprised one fifth of the population, Nineveh would have been a city of about 600,000. This figure is impossibly large and cannot be reconciled with the known size of the ancient city. It seems better to regard the expression, “that cannot discern,” as metaphorical, designating those who possessed an imperfect knowledge of good and evil. If the expression is to be regarded as literal, then Nineveh with its surroundings was intended (see Additional Note on Chapter 1).

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