10And God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done it.


In Context

7 and he crieth and saith in Nineveh by a decree of the king and his great ones, saying, 'Man and beast, herd and flock — let them not taste anything, let them not feed, even water let them not drink;

8 and cover themselves with sackcloth let man and beast, and let them call unto God mightily, and let them turn back each from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.

9 Who knoweth? He doth turn back, and God hath repented, and hath turned back from the heat of His anger, and we do not perish.'

10 And God seeth their works, that they have turned back from their evil way, and God repenteth of the evil that He spake of doing to them, and he hath not done it.

Jonah 3:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did [it] not.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:10When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he had compassion and did not bring upon them the destruction he had threatened.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And God saw their works, that they were turned from their evil way: and God had mercy with regard to the evil which he had said that he would do to them, and he did it not.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil that he had said he would do unto them, and he did it not.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, which he said he would do unto them; and he did it not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did it not.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. God relented of the disaster which he said he would do to them, and he didn't do it.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do to them; and he did it not.