Jonah 3:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Jonah 3:9

7 ^aAnd he caused it to be proclaimed and published throughout Nineveh by the decree of the king and his¹ nobles, saying,
Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; do not let them eat, or drink water.

8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, ^alet every one turn from his evil way and from ^bthe violence that is in his hands.

9 ^aWho can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?

10 ^aThen God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.

Verse Comparison: Jonah 3:9

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

Amplified® Bible
Who can tell, God may turn and revoke His sentence against us [when we have met His terms], and turn away from His fierce anger so that we perish not.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 3:7)

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

Good News Bible
Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die!"

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

New American Standard Bible
"Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish."

New International Version
Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish."

New King James Version
Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we may not perish?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Who knows, God may turn and relent and withdraw His burning anger so that we will not perish."

Revised Standard Version
Who knows, God may yet repent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we perish not?"

Young's Literal Translation
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.'

New English Translation
Who knows?¹ Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent² and turn from his fierce anger³ so that we might not die.”⁴

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