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


In Context

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me:

6 "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?" declares the Lord . "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel.

7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed,

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

9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted,

10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:8If 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.

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.