Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave behind a blessing— grain offerings and drink offerings for the LORD your God. New Living Translation Who knows? Perhaps he will give you a reprieve, sending you a blessing instead of this curse. Perhaps you will be able to offer grain and wine to the LORD your God as before. English Standard Version Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for the LORD your God? Berean Standard Bible Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God. King James Bible Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? New King James Version Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him— A grain offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God? New American Standard Bible Who knows, He might turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him, Resulting in a grain offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God. NASB 1995 Who knows whether He will not turn and relent And leave a blessing behind Him, Even a grain offering and a drink offering For the LORD your God? NASB 1977 Who knows whether He will not turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him, Even a grain offering and a libation For the LORD your God? Legacy Standard Bible Who knows whether He will not turn and relent And leave a blessing behind Him, Even a grain offering and a drink offering For Yahweh your God? Amplified Bible Who knows whether He will relent [and revoke your sentence], And leave a blessing behind Him, Even a grain offering and a drink offering [from the bounty He provides you] For the LORD your God? Christian Standard Bible Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind him, so you can offer a grain offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God. Holman Christian Standard Bible Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him, so you can offer grain and wine to the LORD your God. American Standard Version Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal-offering and a drink-offering unto Jehovah your God? Contemporary English Version I am the LORD your God. Perhaps I will change my mind and treat you with mercy. Then you will be blessed with enough grain and wine for offering sacrifices to me. English Revised Version Who knoweth whether he will not turn and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God? GOD'S WORD® Translation Who knows? He may reconsider and change his plan and leave a blessing for you. Then you could give grain offerings and wine offerings to the LORD your God. Good News Translation Perhaps the LORD your God will change his mind and bless you with abundant crops. Then you can offer him grain and wine. International Standard Version Who knows? He will turn back and relent, will he not, leaving behind a blessing, even a grain offering and drink offering for the LORD your God?" Majority Standard Bible Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God. NET Bible Who knows? Perhaps he will be compassionate and grant a reprieve, and leave blessing in his wake--a meal offering and a drink offering for you to offer to the LORD your God! New Heart English Bible Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to the LORD, your God. Webster's Bible Translation Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat-offering and a drink-offering to the LORD your God? World English Bible Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWho knows—He turns back, "" Indeed—He has relented, "" And He has left behind Him a blessing, "" A present and drink-offering of your God YHWH? Young's Literal Translation Who knoweth -- He doth turn back, Yea -- He hath repented, And He hath left behind Him a blessing, A present and libation of Jehovah your God? Smith's Literal Translation Who shall know he will turn back, and lamenting and leaving a blessing after him, a gift and a libation to Jehovah your God? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWho knoweth but he will return, and forgive, and leave a blessing behind him, sacrifice and libation to the Lord your God? Catholic Public Domain Version Who knows if he might convert and forgive, and bequeath a blessing after him, a sacrifice and a libation to the Lord your God? New American Bible Perhaps he will again relent and leave behind a blessing, Grain offering and libation for the LORD, your God. New Revised Standard Version Who knows whether he will not turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, a grain offering and a drink offering for the LORD, your God? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWho knows if he will return again and multiply us, and increase his blessing in his land, even a meal offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Who knows if he returns and has mercy on us and increases blessing in his place, and the meal offering and the drink offering to LORD JEHOVAH your God OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Who knoweth whether He will not turn and repent, And leave a blessing behind Him, Even a meal-offering and a drink-offering Unto the LORD your God? Brenton Septuagint Translation Who knows if he will return, and repent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meat-offering and a drink-offering to the Lord your God? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Return with All Your Heart…13So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. 14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him— grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God. 15Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly.… Cross References Jonah 3:9 Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.” Amos 5:15 Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.” Jeremiah 18:7-8 At any time I might announce that a nation or kingdom will be uprooted, torn down, and destroyed. / But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring. Hosea 6:1-2 Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds. / After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence. 2 Chronicles 7:14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. Ezekiel 18:21-23 But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die. / None of the transgressions he has committed will be held against him. Because of the righteousness he has practiced, he will live. / Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live? Zephaniah 2:3 Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger. Malachi 3:7 Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’ Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, James 4:8-10 Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. / Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom. / Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you. 2 Peter 3:9 The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. Matthew 3:8 Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. Luke 13:3 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Romans 2:4 Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? Treasury of Scripture Who knows if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering to the LORD your God? Who. Exodus 32:30 And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses said unto the people, Ye have sinned a great sin: and now I will go up unto the LORD; peradventure I shall make an atonement for your sin. Joshua 14:12 Now therefore give me this mountain, whereof the LORD spake in that day; for thou heardest in that day how the Anakims were there, and that the cities were great and fenced: if so be the LORD will be with me, then I shall be able to drive them out, as the LORD said. 1 Samuel 6:5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, 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. and leave. Isaiah 65:8 Thus saith the LORD, As the new wine is found in the cluster, and one saith, Destroy it not; for a blessing is in it: so will I do for my servants' sakes, that I may not destroy them all. Haggai 2:19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you. even. Joel 1:9,13,16 The meat offering and the drink offering is cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests, the LORD'S ministers, mourn… Jump to Previous Blessing Cereal Changed Drink Drink-Offering Grain Leave Meal Meal-Offering Meat Meat-Offering Oblation Offering Offerings Pity Purpose Relent Repent Repented Turn WhetherJump to Next Blessing Cereal Changed Drink Drink-Offering Grain Leave Meal Meal-Offering Meat Meat-Offering Oblation Offering Offerings Pity Purpose Relent Repent Repented Turn WhetherJoel 2 1. He shows unto Zion the terribleness of God's judgment.12. He exhorts to repentance; 15. prescribes a fast; 18. promises a blessing thereon. 21. He comforts Zion with present, 28. and future blessings. Who knows? This phrase introduces an element of divine mystery and hope. In Hebrew, the phrase is "mi yodea," which suggests uncertainty but also the possibility of divine mercy. It reflects the human inability to predict God's actions, emphasizing His sovereignty. This rhetorical question invites the people to consider the potential for God's grace, even in the face of judgment. It encourages humility and repentance, acknowledging that while God's ways are beyond human understanding, His compassion is boundless. He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God (1) the interrogative rendering, there is (2) that of the Chaldee, followed by Rashi and Kimchi. The latter says, "He that knows the way of repentance, let him repent, and God will repent of this evil." Also in addition to . . . Hebrew Whoמִ֥י (mî) Interrogative Strong's 4310: Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix knows? יוֹדֵ֖עַ (yō·w·ḏê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know He may turn יָשׁ֣וּב (yā·šūḇ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again and relent וְנִחָ֑ם (wə·ni·ḥām) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5162: To sigh, breathe strongly, to be sorry, to pity, console, rue, to avenge and leave וְהִשְׁאִ֤יר (wə·hiš·’îr) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant a blessing בְּרָכָ֔ה (bə·rā·ḵāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1293: Benediction, prosperity behind Him— אַֽחֲרָיו֙ (’a·ḥă·rāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 310: The hind or following part grain מִנְחָ֣ה (min·ḥāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering and drink offerings וָנֶ֔סֶךְ (wā·ne·seḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5262: A libation, a cast idol to the LORD לַיהוָ֖ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God. אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Joel 2:14 NIVJoel 2:14 NLT Joel 2:14 ESV Joel 2:14 NASB Joel 2:14 KJV Joel 2:14 BibleApps.com Joel 2:14 Biblia Paralela Joel 2:14 Chinese Bible Joel 2:14 French Bible Joel 2:14 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Joel 2:14 Who knows? 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