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.


In Context

5 Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

6 House of Israel, can't I do with you as this potter? says Yahweh. Behold, as the clay in the potter's hand, so are you in my hand, house of Israel.

7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up and to break down and to destroy it;

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

9 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;

10 if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.

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 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 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.