Jonah 4:11 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

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?

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Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Should I not spare? — literally “have pity” and so “spare.” God waives for the time the fact of the repentance of Nineveh, and speaks of tho…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

More than ...—This number of infants, 120,000, according to the usual reckoning, gives a population of 600,000.

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

Then the LORD said, You have had pity on the gourd, for which you have not labored, nor made it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

Here God explains the design he had in suddenly raising up the gourd, and then in causing it to perish or wither through the gnawing of a worm; it …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city ?
&c.] See (Jonah 1:2) (3:3) ; what is such a gourd or p…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Jonah went out of the city, yet remained nearby, as if he expected and desired its overthrow. Those who have fretful, uneasy spirits often create t…

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