unfoldingWord_en_tn/jon/04/10.md

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Yahweh said

"Yahweh said to Jonah"

perished

"died"

should I not have compassion for Nineveh, that great city

God used this question to emphasize his claim that he should have compassion on Nineveh. In some languages it is more natural to use a statement to express the emphasis: "I certainly should have compassion for Nineveh, that important city." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)

in which there are more

This can also be the beginning of a new sentence. "There are more" or "It has more."

120 thousand people

120,000 people (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand

This may be a way of saying "cannot discern between right and wrong."

cannot discern between

"cannot tell which is" (UDB) or "do not know which is"

and also many cattle?

"and there are also many cattle."