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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jonah 3:9 Catholic Bible: Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die!" </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/jonah/3-9.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/jonah/3-9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/jonah/3-9.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/jonah/1.htm">Jonah</a> > <a href="/gntd/jonah/3.htm">Chapter 3</a> > Verse 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jonah/3-8.htm" title="Jonah 3:8">◄</a> Jonah 3:9 {8} <a href="../jonah/3-10.htm" title="Jonah 3:10">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/jonah/3.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/jonah/3.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Perhaps God will change his mind; perhaps he will stop being angry, and we will not die!" <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jonah/3.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; he may turn from his fierce anger, so that we do not perish.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jonah/3.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Who knows? God may again repent and turn from his blazing wrath, so that we will not perish.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/jonah/3.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6</a> And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried to their god: and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship, into the sea, to lighten it of them: and Jonah went down into the inner part of the ship, and fell into a deep sleep.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_samuel/12-22.htm">2 Samuel 12:22</a> And he said: While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept for him: for I said: Who knoweth whether the Lord may not give him to me, and the child may live?</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../psalms/106-45.htm">Psalm 106:45</a> And he was mindful of his covenant: and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13,14</a> And rend your hearts, and not your garments and turn to the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, patient and rich in mercy, and ready to repent of the evil. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../amos/5-15.htm">Amos 5:15</a> Hate evil, and love good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be the Lord the God of hosts may have mercy on the remnant of Joseph.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../luke/15-18.htm">Luke 15:18-20</a> I will arise and will go to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/jonah/3.htm">Nineveh Repents</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>And he caused it to be proclaimed and published in Ninive, from the mouth of the king and of his princes, saying: Let neither men nor beasts, oxen, nor sheep taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl">And let men and beasts be covered with sackcloth, and cry to the Lord with all their strength, and let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the iniquity that is in their hands.</span><span class="reftext">10</span>Who can tell if God will turn, and forgive: and will turn away from his fierce anger, and we shall not perish?…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_samuel/12-22.htm">2 Samuel 12:22</a></span><br />And he said: While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept for him: for I said: Who knoweth whether the Lord may not give him to me, and the child may live?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/85-3.htm">Psalm 85:3</a></span><br />Thou hast mitigated all thy anger: thou hast turned away from the wrath of thy indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../psalms/90-13.htm">Psalm 90:13</a></span><br />Return, O Lord, how long? and be entreated in favour of thy servants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jeremiah/26-13.htm">Jeremiah 26:13</a></span><br />Now therefore amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God: and the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath spoken against you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../daniel/4-27.htm">Daniel 4:27</a></span><br />And the king answered, and said: Is not this the great Babylon, which I have built, to be the seat of the kingdom, by the strength of my power, and in the glory of my excellence?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../joel/2-14.htm">Joel 2:14</a></span><br />Who knoweth but he will return, and forgive, and leave a blessing behind him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord your God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../jonah/1-6.htm">Jonah 1:6</a></span><br />And the mariners were afraid, and the men cried to their god: and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship, into the sea, to lighten it of them: and Jonah went down into the inner part of the ship, and fell into a deep sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/amos/1-11.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/amos/7-4.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/amos/7-6.htm">Changing</a> <a href="/hosea/13-14.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/hosea/11-9.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/hosea/13-5.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/jonah/3-4.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/jonah/1-14.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/amos/8-4.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Relent</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/amos/7-6.htm">Repented</a> <a href="/jonah/3-8.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jonah/3-8.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/amos/5-7.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/joel/2-14.htm">Whether</a> <a href="/joel/3-15.htm">Withdraw</a> <a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jonah/4-2.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/micah/5-15.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/matthew/21-29.htm">Changing</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Compassion</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Fierce</a> <a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/micah/2-6.htm">Overtake</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-5.htm">Perish</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Purpose</a> <a href="/jonah/4-2.htm">Relent</a> <a href="/zechariah/8-14.htm">Repent</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Repented</a> <a href="/micah/7-17.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jonah/3-10.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/micah/2-4.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/matthew/9-5.htm">Whether</a> <a href="/zechariah/14-6.htm">Withdraw</a> <a href="/micah/5-15.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/jonah/3-9.htm">Jonah 3:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jonah/3-9.htm">Jonah 3:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jonah/3-9.htm">Jonah 3:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jonah/3-9.htm">Jonah 3:9 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jonah/3-9.htm">Jonah 3:9 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jonah/3-9.htm">Jonah 3:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jonah/3-9.htm">Jonah 3:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jonah/3-9.htm">Jonah 3:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/jonah/3-9.htm">Jonah 3:9 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: and anger burning compassion fierce from God his knows may not perish relent so that turn we Who will with withdraw yet<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/jonah/3-9.htm">OT Prophets: Jonah 3:9 Who knows whether God will not turn (Jon. 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