Jonah 3:9
Jonah chapter 3 · verse 9 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
KJV
King James Version · 1611Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Context
v.8but let them be covered with sackcloth, both man and beast, and let them cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in his hands.
v.9This passage
v.10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 106:45
And he remembered for them his covenant, And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
- 2 Samuel 12:22
And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who knoweth whether Jehovah will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?
- Jonah 1:6
So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.
- Joel 2:13
and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto Jehovah your God; for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
- Amos 5:15
Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish justice in the gate: it may be that Jehovah, the God of hosts, will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.
- Luke 15:18
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight: