Jonah 3:9 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?”
Jonah 3:9 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Jonah 3:9 in 6 Bible Translations
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Jonah 3:9 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?””
Jonah 3:9 — World English Bible
Jonah 3:9 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? ”
Jonah 3:9 — American Standard Version
Jonah 3:9 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“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.'”
Jonah 3:9 — Young's Literal Translation
Jonah 3:9 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Who knoweth but thatGod will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? ”
Jonah 3:9 — Darby Translation
Jonah 3:9 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Who can tell if God will turne, and repent and turne away from his fierce wrath, that we perish not?”
Jonah 3:9 — Geneva Bible
Jonah 3:9 in Context — Jonah 3
7 And 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:
8 But 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.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
10 And 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.
What Does Jonah 3:9 Mean?
Jonah 3:9 is a verse from the Book of Jonah, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Jonah chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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