American Standard Version
"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
“Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?”
“Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?"”
“Who knows? Perhaps God might be willing to change his mind and relent and turn from his fierce anger so that we might not die.””
“Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?”
“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?”
“Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?”
And the tidings reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
And he made proclamation and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything; let them not feed, nor drink water;
but 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.
Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
And 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.