The Potter and the Clay
Jeremiah 18:10
In 11 translations
- BSB
- and if it does evil in My sight and does not listen to My voice, then I will relent of the good I had intended for it.
- KJV
- If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
- WEB
- if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they don’t obey my voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
- ASV
- if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
- LSV
- And it has done evil in My eyes, || So as not to listen to My voice, || Then I have relented of the good || That I have spoken of doing to it.
- YLT
- And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.
- DBY
- if it do evil in my sight, that it hearken not unto my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.
- DRC
- If it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice: I will repent of the good that I have spoken to do unto it.
- GNV
- But if it do euill in my sight and heare not my voyce, I will repent of ye good that I thought to do for them.
- JPS
- but if it do evil in My sight, that it hearken not to My voice, then I repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit it.
- LXXE
- and they do evil before me, so as not to hearken to my voice, then will I repent of the good which I spoke of, to do it to them.
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- Written (Ketiv): הָרָעָה (“the evil”). Read aloud (Qere): הָרַע֙ (“the evil”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads הָרַע֙ה; read aloud (Qere) reads הָרַע֙ (“the evil”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וְעָשָׂ֤ה הרעה בְּעֵינַ֔י לְבִלְתִּ֖י שְׁמֹ֣עַ בְּקוֹלִ֑י וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ עַל־הַטּוֹבָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר אָמַ֖רְתִּי לְהֵיטִ֥יב אוֹתֽוֹ׃Read aloud as (qere): הָרַע֙
- LXX-Br
- καὶ ποιήσωσι τὰ πονηρὰ ἐναντίον μου, τοῦ μὴ ἀκούειν τῆς φωνῆς μου, καὶ μετανοήσω περὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ὧν ἐλάλησα, τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτοῖς.
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Cross-references most cited first
- 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who…
- Ezekiel 33:18If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
- Ezekiel 18:24But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the…
- 1 Samuel 13:13“You have acted foolishly,” Samuel declared. “You have not kept the command that the LORD your God gave you; if you had, the LORD would have established your kingdom over Israel for all time.
- 1 Samuel 15:11“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.
- Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
- Jeremiah 7:23–28but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. Yet they did not listen or incline…
- Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
- Numbers 14:22not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
- 1 Samuel 15:35And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.
- Ezekiel 45:20You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple.
- Numbers 14:34In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.
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