God willing

See also: god willing

English

Alternative forms

• God-willing, Godwilling, godwilling
• god willin (less common)

Etymology

Likely from the phrase: (If) God be willing.

Interjection

God willing

1. Used to indicate acceptance of God's will when expressing an intention or hope.
   • 1602, The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark:

     And what so poor a man as Hamlet is May do, to express his love and friending to you, God willing, shall not lack.

2. Barring unforeseen circumstances.

Synonyms

• (acceptance of God's will): Lord willing, Deo volente, inshallah
• (barring unforeseen circumstances): Lord willing and the creek don't rise
• gods willing
• please God

Translations

God willing

• Arabic: إِنْ شَاءَ الله (ʔin šāʔa llāh)
• Armenian: առաջ աստված (hy) (aṙaǰ astvac)
• Catalan: si Déu vol
• Cebuano: puhun
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 如果上帝願意的話 / 如果上帝愿意的话, 如果上帝愿意的话 (rúguǒ shàngdì yuànyi dehuà)

• Czech: dá-li Bůh
• Estonian: Jumala armust
• Finnish: jos Luoja suo
• French: Dieu voulant, s’il plaît à Dieu, si Dieu le veut bien

  Old French: se Dex me gart

• German: wenn Gott will, wenn Gott es will, so Gott will
• Greek: Θεού θέλοντος (el) (Theoú thélontos)
• Hebrew: בעזרת השם (b’ezrat hashem), אם ירצה השם ('im yirtsé hashém)
• Irish: le cúnamh Dé
• Italian: a Dio piacendo (it), se Dio vuole, magari (it)
• Japanese: もし神が望めば (moshi kami-ga nozomeba), 神の思し召しがあれば (kami-no oboshimeshi-ga areba)
• Kannada: ದೈವೇಚ್ಛೆ ಇದ್ದರೆ (kn) (daivēcche iddare), ಯಾರಿಂದಲೂ ತಪ್ಪಿಸಲಾಗದಿದ್ದರೆ (kn) (yārindalū tappisalāgadiddare)
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• Latin: Deo volente, Deus vult
• Ngazidja Comorian: ka Mngu hapvendze
• Persian: ان‌شاءالله (enšâ'allâh), اگر خدا بخواد (agar xodâ bexâd), ایشاللا (išâllâ) (colloquial), اگه خدا بخواد (ageh xodâ bexâd) (colloquial)
• Plautdietsch: wan Gott daut haben well
• Polish: jak Bóg da
• Portuguese: se Deus quiser (pt), queira Deus, oxalá (pt), inxalá (pt)
• Russian: с бо́жьей по́мощью (s bóžʹjej pómoščʹju), бог даст (box dast)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̏ко Бо̑г да̏

  Roman: ȁko Bȏg dȁ

• Spanish: si Dios quiere (es), si Dios lo quiere, ojalá (es), Dios mediante
• Swedish: om Gud vill det
• Turkish: inşallah
• Uyghur: ئىنشائاللا (insha'alla)
• Yiddish: אמ־ירצה־השם (imyirtseshem)
• Zazaki: İnsallah