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 3:9 - American Standard Version 2015 Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who can tell, God may turn and revoke His sentence against us [when we have met His terms], and turn away from His fierce anger so that we perish not. [Joel 2:13, 14.] American Standard Version (1901) Who knoweth whether God will not turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? Common English Bible He thought, Who knows? God may see this and turn from his wrath, so that we might not perish. Catholic Public Domain Version Who knows if God may turn and forgive, and may turn away from his furious wrath, so that we might not perish?" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish? |
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?
And he remembered for them his covenant,\par\tab And repented according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses.
Thou hast taken away all thy wrath;\par\tab Thou hast turned {\i thyself} from the fierceness of thine anger.
Return, O Jehovah; how long?\par\tab And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
Now therefore amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of Jehovah your God; and Jehovah will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by showing mercy to the poor; if there may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.\par
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.\par
So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea; and the sea ceased from its raging.
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.
And he prayed unto Jehovah, and said, I pray thee, O Jehovah, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I hasted to flee unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness, and repentest thee of the evil.
Seek ye Jehovah, all ye meek of the earth, that have kept his ordinances; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be ye will be hid in the day of Jehovah's anger.\par
Wherefore ye shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.