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


In Context

6 And the word came to the king of Ninive; and he rose up out of his throne, and cast away his robe from him, and was clothed with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.

7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published in Ninive from the mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: Let neither men nor beasts, oxen nor sheep, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water.

8 And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.

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

10 And God saw their works, that they were turned from their evil way: and God had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he would do to 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 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 Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:9Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will 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?