Jeremiah 18:8 — Compare Translations

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And if [the people of] that nation concerning which I have spoken turn from their evil, I will relent and reverse My decision concerning the evil that I thought to do to them.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

And if [the people of] that nation concerning which I have spoken turn from their evil, I will relent and reverse My decision concerning the evil that I thought to do to them.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

However, if that nation about which I have made the announcement turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

if 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.

English EASY 2024

But when I warn them, those people might stop doing wicked things. Then I would not punish them as I had promised to do.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

But if the people of that nation change their hearts and lives and stop doing evil things, I will change my mind and not follow my plans to bring disaster to them.

and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I intended to do to it.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

but then that nation turns from its evil, I will not do what I said I would.

English God's Word - GW 1995

But suppose the nation that I threatened turns away from doing wrong. Then I will change my plans about the disaster I planned to do to it.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

However, if that nation I have made an announcement about, turns from its evil, I will not bring the disaster on it I had planned.

English KJV 1611

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.

English LSB

but if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to do against it.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

If that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to do to it.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But if that nation which I have threatened turns from its evil, I also repent of the evil which I threatened to do.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

But suppose the nation I warned turns away from its sins. Then I will not do what I said I would. I will not bring trouble on it as I had planned.

English NIV

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

English NKJ 1982

if that nation against whom I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent of the disaster that I thought to bring upon it.

English NLT

but then that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

but if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will change my mind about the disaster that I intended to bring on it.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

and that nation turns back from its wicked ways, then I will turn back from the disaster that I planned against it.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from its evil, I will repent of the evil that I intended to do to it.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

then if that nation renounces its evil ways, I will not destroy it as I had planned.

English Tyndale 1537

if that people (against whom I have thus devised) convert from their wickedness: Immediately, I repent of the plague, that I devised to bring upon them.