 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
 | Thomas Albert Jefferies - 1920 - 168 pages
...perished in a night : and should not I have pity on 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? " Authority of the Law. — This book of Jonah was one of the last... | |
 | Charles Fox Burney - 1921 - 278 pages
...perished in a night : and should not I have pity on 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 1 " JONAH iv. 10, 11. TN my sermon of a fortnight ago I dwelt upon... | |
 | Julius August Bewer - 1922 - 478 pages
...in a night ; and I should not have pity on Nineveh, that great city, in which are more than 120,000 persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left; and also much cattle? (Jonah 4 "".) With this question the story closes. The author does not tell whether Jonah was convinced... | |
 | Laura A. Knott - 1922 - 424 pages
...and perished in a night: and should not I have regard for Nineveh, . . . wherein are more 332 than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle?" Of course Jonah represents Israel. The race has been called to be... | |
 | Leighton Parks - 1922 - 296 pages
...meaning is clear. This is the end of the prophetic spirit which loves its own shelter more than the "six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle." "But who are such?" it may be asked. They are the religious sectarians,... | |
 | Leighton Parks - 1922 - 296 pages
...meaning is clear. This is the end of the prophetic spirit which loves its own shelter more than the "six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and then* left hand; and also much cattle." "But who are such?" it may be asked. They are the religious... | |
 | 1923 - 632 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?" I believe the last phrase, "also much cattle," is pure bathos. My... | |
 | 1924 - 962 pages
...truth has been expressed. The conclusion, with its emphasis on little children and the lowly beasts — "six score thousand persons that cannot discern between...their right hand and their left, and also much cattle" is the version of our English Old Testament — has a beauty of its own. If I have been prolix over... | |
 | 1924 - 848 pages
...truth has been expressed. The conclusion, with its emphasis on little children and the lowly beasts — "six score thousand persons that cannot discern between...their right hand and their left, and also much cattle" is the version of our English Old Testament — has a beauty of its own. If I have been prolix over... | |
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