9Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?


In Context

6 And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;

8 and let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

9 Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them, and he did it not.

Jonah 3:9 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Who can tell [if] God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Who knoweth? He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?