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Jonah 3:9

HopeMercy and compassionRepentance

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.

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.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
KJV
Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
WEB
Who knows whether God will not turn and relent, and turn away from his fierce anger, so that we might not perish?”
ASV
Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
DARBY
Who knoweth but that God will turn and repent, and will turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
BLB
Who knows? God may turn back and relent, and turn back from the burning of His anger, so that we should not perish!”
ÅB
Hvem vet? Gud kunne da vende om og angre det, vende om fra sin brennende vrede, så vi ikke forgår.
OTB
Hvem vet? Gud kan vende om og angre, og vende seg bort fra sin brennende vrede, så vi ikke går til grunne.”
B1930
Hvem vet? Gud kunde da vende om og angre det, vende om fra sin brennende vrede, så vi ikke forgår.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 12:22

    And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether GOD will be gracious to me, that the child may live?

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  • Joel 2:13–14

    And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

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  • Psalms 106:45

    And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

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  • 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.

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  • Luke 15:18–20

    I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

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  • Amos 5:15

    Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph.

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