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.'


In Context

6 seeing the word doth come unto the king of Nineveh, and he riseth from his throne, and removeth his honourable robe from off him, and spreadeth out sackcloth, and sitteth on the ashes,

7 and he crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, 'Man and beast, herd and flock — let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not drink;

8 and cover themselves with sackcloth let man and beast, and let them call unto God mightily, and let them turn back each from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

9 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.'

10 And God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done it.

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 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 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?