Jonah 3:10
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
And 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.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- When God saw their actions—that they had turned from their evil ways—He relented from the disaster He had threatened to bring upon them.
- KJV
- And 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.
- WEB
- God 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.
- ASV
- And 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.
- DARBY
- And 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.
- BLB
- And God saw their deeds, that they turned back from their evil way, and God relented from the disaster that He had said to do to them, and He did not do [it].
- ÅB
- Da nå Gud så det de gjorde, at de vendte om fra sin onde vei, angret han det onde han hadde sagt han ville gjøre mot dem, og han gjorde det ikke.
- OTB
- Da Gud så deres gjerninger, hvordan de vendte om fra sine onde veier, angret Han og brakte ikke over dem den ulykken Han hadde truet med.
- B1930
- Da nu Gud så det de gjorde, at de vendte om fra sin onde vei, angret han det onde han hadde sagt han vilde gjøre mot dem, og han gjorde det ikke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 18:8
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.
Read in context1 Kings 21:27–29
And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
Read in contextExodus 32:14
And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.
Read in contextAmos 7:6
The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.
Read in contextLuke 15:20
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.
Read in contextLuke 11:32
The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
Read in contextAmos 7:3
The LORD repented for this: It shall not be, saith the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 31:18–20
I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
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