Jonah 3:9

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Jonah 3:9

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Berean Standard Bible

Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

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KJV

King James Version

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

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jonah 3

⁷ Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.

⁸ Furthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.

⁹ Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”

¹⁰ When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.

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