8If 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.


In Context

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

6 Cannot I do with you as this potter, saith the Lord? behold as clay is in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

7 I will suddenly speak against a nation, and against a kingdom, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy it.

8 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.

9 And I will suddenly speak of a nation and of a kingdom, to build up and plant it.

10 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.

Jeremiah 18:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:8If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:8and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8if 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8If that nation against which I have pronounced, shall turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:8And 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.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:8If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do to them.