 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. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot...  The Eclectic Review - Page 349edited by - 1816Full view - About this book
 | 1840 - 556 pages
...night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle? " The margin reads, "Sparest the gourd," the meaning obviously is... | |
 | Mary Fawler Maude - 1849 - 498 pages
...— 5. " Then said the Lord . . . Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle ?" — Jonah iv. 10, 1 1. " The burden of Nineveh" — Nahum i. 1.—... | |
 | Morning call - 1850 - 612 pages
...should be overthrown in forty days. " Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons, that cannot discern between...right hand and their left, and also much cattle." — Jonah, iv., 11. This city, compared to which, sacred and venerable as it is by its alliance with... | |
 | John Charles Ryle (bp. of Liverpool.) - 1850 - 288 pages
...to God, and God heard their cry. "Shall I not spare Nineveh that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between...right hand and their left; and also MUCH CATTLE." (Jonah iv. 11.) — The character of God Himself makes it folly not to pray. "He does not afflict willingly."... | |
 | Paul Emile Botta - 1850 - 132 pages
...days' journey."—JONAH iii. 3. "And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle."—JONAH iv. 11. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER... | |
 | Paul Émile Botta - 1850 - 250 pages
...journey."— JONAH iii. 3. "And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and alto much cattle."— JONAH iv. 11. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN AND LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER... | |
 | David Masson - 1850 - 444 pages
...called ' an exceeding great city of three days' journey (round about),' in which there were ' more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand' (that is, children, and a population of 120,000 children would argue a total population... | |
 | Robert Montgomery - 1850 - 456 pages
...arguments for divine placability : " Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ? " (Jonah, iv. 11.) After reading this, what heart can be so impiously cold and sceptical,... | |
 | George Washington Montgomery - 1850 - 226 pages
...night and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle." (Jonah 4 : 9, 10, 11) Jonah was sent to warn the inhabitants of... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1851 - 148 pages
...perished in a night ; 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, and also much cattle ? " The margin reads, " Hast spared the gourd ; " the meaning obviously is, that Jonah, in the indulgence... | |
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