Jonah 3:10 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
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].
English 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.
English Amplified
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God revoked His [sentence of] evil that He had said that He would do to them and He did not do it [for He was comforted and eased concerning them].
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God revoked His [sentence of] evil that He had said that He would do to them and He did not do it [for He was comforted and eased concerning them].
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
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.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
God saw their actions — that they had turned from their evil ways — so God relented from the disaster he had threatened them with. And he did not do it.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
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.
English EASY 2024
God saw what the people in Nineveh did. He saw that they stopped doing evil things. He had said that he would punish them for their sins. But now he decided that he would not destroy them.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
God saw what the people did. He saw that they stopped doing evil. So God changed his mind and did not do what he planned. He did not punish the people.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God relented of the disaster that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
God saw what they did; he saw that they had given up their wicked behavior. So he changed his mind and did not punish them as he had said he would.
English God's Word - GW 1995
God saw what they did. He saw that they turned from their wicked ways. So God reconsidered his threat to destroy them, and he didn't do it.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
Then God saw their actions-- that they had turned from their evil ways-- so God relented from the disaster He had threatened to do to them. And He did not do it.
English KJV 1611
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.
English LSB
Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way, so God relented concerning the evil which He had spoken He would bring upon them. And He did not bring it upon them.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
When God saw their actions, that they turned from their evil ways, He changed His mind about the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
When God saw their deeds, that they turned from their wicked way, then God relented concerning the calamity which He had declared He would bring upon them. And He did not do it.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
When God saw by their actions how they turned from their evil way, he repented of the evil that he had threatened to do to them; he did not carry it out.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
When God saw their actions — they turned from their evil way of living! — God relented concerning the judgment he had threatened them with and he did not destroy them.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
God saw what they did. They stopped doing what was evil. So he took pity on them. He didn't destroy them as he had said he would.
English NIV
When 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.
English NKJ 1982
Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
English NLT
When God saw that they had put a stop to their evil ways, he had mercy on them and didn't carry out the destruction he had threatened.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil ways, God changed his mind about the calamity that he had said he would bring upon them; and he did not do it.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
When God saw their sincere efforts to turn from their wicked ways, he decided not to punish the people of Nineveh and did not bring upon them the disaster he said would come.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
When God saw what they did, how they turned from their evil way, God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did not do it.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
And when God saw that they had put a stop to their evil ways, he abandoned his plan to destroy them and didn't carry it through.
English Tyndale 1537
And when God saw their works, how they turned from their wicked ways, he repented on the evil which he said he would do unto them, and did it not.