22 To this he said: “While the child was yet alive I did fast+ and I kept weeping,+ because I said to myself, ‘Who is there knowing whether Jehovah may show me favor, and the child will certainly live?’+

14 Who is there knowing whether he will turn back and actually feel regret+ and let remain after it a blessing,+ a grain offering and a drink offering for Jehovah YOUR God?

9 Who is there knowing whether the [true] God may turn back and actually feel regret+ and turn back from his burning anger, so that we may not perish?”+