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
| 1866 - 822 pages
...borne any proportion to the are* occupied, like that which belongs to the towns and cities of ourdty. " Six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand " — a proverbial expression for yonng children — were mentioned as among its inhabitants... | |
| J. Victor Wilson - 1846 - 334 pages
...a night: And should not I have Mercy upon Ninevah, that great city, wherein are more than six-score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their...right hand and their left, and also much cattle?' — Jonah iv. 10, 11. 'I will have Mercy, and not Sacrifice.' — Mat. ix. 13; Hos. ri. 6. 'I came... | |
| Congregational union of England and Wales - 1850 - 758 pages
...exceeding great city of three days' journey," — " that great city, wherein are more than six-score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left, and also much cattle." f The prophet Nahum, who prophesied some 150 years later than Jonah, had a " burden of Nineveh" to... | |
| J. Victor Wilson - 1846 - 344 pages
...night : And should not I have Mercy upon Ninevah, that great city, wherein are more than six-score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left, and also much cattle ?'— Jonah iv. 10, 11. 'I will have Mercy, and not Sacrifice.'— Mat. ix. 13; Hos. vj. 6. 'I came... | |
| Richard Winter Hamilton - 1846 - 690 pages
...Doth God take care for oxen?" "And should I not 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 ?" It cannot be the caprice of power. But if some high principle of... | |
| 1847 - 548 pages
...area occupied, like that which belongs to our modern cities. Of this we have indisputable evidence. " Six score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left haud," are mentioned among its inhabitants — a proverbial expression ior young children. Following... | |
| Christopher Anderson - 1847 - 500 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 muck cattle 1" Here was a man, who had been sent by the Lord God of the Hebrews,... | |
| Robert Wilson Evans - 1848 - 356 pages
...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; and also much cattle?" As much as to say, If you see good reason why this trifling gourd should be spared, and can be thus... | |
| Christopher Anderson - 1848 - 432 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 muck cattle ?" Here was a man, who had been sent by the Lord God of the Hebrews,... | |
| 1849 - 698 pages
...exceeding great eity of three daye' journey" — "that great eity, wherein are more than sixscore thonsand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left, and also much cattle." The prophet Nabum, who prophesicd abont 150 years later than Jonah, had a "burden of Nineveh" to deliver.... | |
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