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Jonah 3:9–10

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9“aWho knows, God may turn and relent and turn away from His burning anger so that we will not perish.”

10Then God saw their works, that they aturned from their evil way, so bGod 1relented concerning the evil which He had spoken He would 2bring upon them. And He did not 3bring it upon them.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Or regretted, cf. 1 Sam 15:11, 29, 35
  2. 2Lit do
  3. 3Lit do

Cross references

  1. a2 Sam 12:22; Joel 2:14
  2. a1 Kin 21:27–29; Jer 31:18
  3. bEx 32:14; Jer 18:8; Amos 7:3, 6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.”

When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Who knows? God may yet relent and with compassion turn from his fierce anger so that we will not perish.”

When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented and did not bring on them the destruction he had threatened.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Who knows? God may turn and relent; he may turn from his burning anger so that we will not perish.

God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—so God relented from the disaster he had threatened them with. And he did not do it.

NLTNew Living Translation

Who can tell? Perhaps even yet God will change his mind and hold back his fierce anger from destroying us.”

When God saw what they had done and how they had put a stop to their evil ways, he changed his mind and did not carry out the destruction he had threatened.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Who knows? God may relent and change his mind and turn from his blazing anger so that we will not perish.”

And God saw their deeds—that they turned from their evil ways—and God changed his mind about the evil that he had said he would bring upon them, and he did not do it.

KJV 1900King James Version

Who can tell if God will 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, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not.