Jeremiah 18:8

In 11 translations

BSB

But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

KJV

If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

WEB

if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

ASV

if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

LSV

And that nation has turned from its evil, || Because I have spoken against it, || Then I have relented of the calamity that I thought to do to it.

YLT

And that nation hath turned from its evil, Because I have spoken against it, Then I have repented of the evil that I thought to do to it.

DBY

if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, then I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

DRC

If that nation against which I have spoken, shall repent of their evil, I also will repent of the evil that I have thought to do to them.

GNV

But if this nation, against whom I haue pronounced, turne from their wickednesse, I will repent of the plague that I thought to bring vpon them.

JPS

but if that nation turn from their evil, because of which I have spoken against it, I repent of the evil that I thought to do unto it.

LXXE

and that nation turn from all their sins, then will I repent of the evils which I purposed to do to them.

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WLC

וְשָׁב֙ הַגּ֣וֹי הַה֔וּא מֵרָ֣עָת֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתִּי עָלָ֑יו וְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙ עַל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָשַׁ֖בְתִּי לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת לֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

καὶ ἐπιστραφῇ τὸ ἔθνος ἐκεῖνο ἀπὸ πάντων τῶν κακῶν αὐτῶν, καὶ μετανοήσω περὶ τῶν κακῶν, ὧν ἐλογισάμην, τοῦ ποιῆσαι αὐτοῖς.

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• Ezekiel 18:21But 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.
• Jeremiah 26:13So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
• Hosea 11:8How could I give you up, O Ephraim? How could I surrender you, O Israel? How could I make you like Admah? How could I treat you like Zeboiim? My heart is turned within Me; My compassion is stirred!
• Jonah 3:9–10Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.” When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened…
• Jeremiah 26:3Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.
• Judges 2:18Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under…
• Amos 7:3–6So the LORD relented from this plan. “It will not happen,” He said. This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land. Then I said,…
• Joel 2:13–14So 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. Who knows? He may…
• Psalms 106:45And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.
• Jeremiah 7:3–7Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place. Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD,…
• Psalms 135:14For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.
• 2 Chronicles 12:6So the leaders of Israel and the king humbled themselves and said, “The LORD is righteous.”
• Psalms 90:13Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
• Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
• Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
• Luke 13:3–5No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish. Or those eighteen who were killed when the tower of Siloam collapsed on them: Do you think that they were more sinful than all the others living in…

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