Jonah 3:9
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?In other versions
Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
ASV
Who may say that God will not be turned, changing his purpose and turning away from his burning wrath, so that destruction may not overtake us?
BBE
Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
DBY
Who knows whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"
WEB
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.'
YLT
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
ENG
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
WBT
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
BSB
In context
7And 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 any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water:
8But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
9Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.