Jonah 3:9
“Who can tell if God will turne and repent, and turne away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?”
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Jonah 3:9 Context
7And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineueh (by the decree of the King and his nobles) saying; Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flocke taste any thing; let them not feede, nor drinke water. 8But let man and beast be couered with sackecloth, and cry mightily vnto God: yea, let them turne euery one from his euill way, and from the violence that is in their hands. 9Who can tell if God will turne and repent, and turne away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 10¶ And God saw their workes, that they turned from their euill way, and God repented of the euill that hee had sayd, that he would doe vnto them, and he did it not.
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Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
- King James Version
"Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
- American Standard Version (1901)
Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
- Basic English Bible
Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
- Darby Bible
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
- Webster's Bible
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"
- World English Bible
Who knoweth? He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from His fierce anger, that we perish not?'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible