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10 And the Lord said, Thou art sorry on the ivy, in which thou travailedest not, neither madest that it waxed, which was grown under one night, and perished in one night. (And the Lord said, Thou art sorry about, or thou art grieved over, the ivy, over which thou hast not laboured, nor madest that it grew, and furthermore which grew up in one night, and then perished in one night.)

11 And shall I not spare the great city Nineveh, in which be more than sixscore thousand of men, which know not what is betwixt their right half and left half, and many beasts? (And yet should I not be sorry over, and so then spare the great city Nineveh, in which be more than one hundred and twenty thousand people, who know not their right hand from their left hand, yea, and the many beasts that also be there?)

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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 But the Lord said, “You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which [a]came up in a night and perished in a night. 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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Footnotes

  1. Jonah 4:10 Lit. was a son of a night

10 And the Lord said, “You pity the plant, for which you did not labor, nor did you make it grow, which came into being in a night and perished in a night. 11 And should not I pity (A)Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much (B)cattle?”

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