Jonah 3:10 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁰ And Elohim saw their works, that they turned from their evil way. And Elohim relented from the evil which He had said He would do to them, and He did not do it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ 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].

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁰ 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.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ God saw what they were doing—that they had ceased their evil behavior. So God stopped planning to destroy them, and he didn’t do it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ And God saw their works, that they had been converted from their evil way. And God took pity on them, concerning the harm that he had said he would do to them, and he did not do it.

Jonah 3:10 Cross References

1 Chronicles 21:15

And Elohim sent a messenger to Yerushalayim to destroy it. And as he was destroying, יהוה  saw, and relented about the evil, and said to the messenger who was destroying, “Enough! Now stop your hand.” And the messenger of יהוה  was standing by the threshing-floor of Ornan the Yeḇ

Exodus 32:14

And יהוה  relented from the evil which He said He would do to His people.

Proverbs 28:13

He who hides his transgressions does not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them finds compassion.

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore יהוה  shall wait, to show you favour. And therefore He shall be exalted, to have compassion on you. For יהוה  is an Elohim of right-ruling. Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Jeremiah 18:7

“The moment I speak concerning a nation and concerning a reign, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it,

Jeremiah 18:8

and that nation shall turn from its evil because I have spoken against it, then I shall repent of the evil that I thought to do to it.

Jeremiah 36:3

“It could be that the house of Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 42:10

‘If you would indeed stay in this land, then I shall build you and not pull you down, and I shall plant you and not pluck you up. For I have relented of the evil I have done to you.

Joel 2:13

And tear your heart and not your garments, and turn back to יהוה  your Elohim, for He shows favour and is compassionate, patient, and of great kindness, and He shall relent concerning the evil.

Amos 7:3

יהוה  relented concerning this. “It shall not be,” said יהוה.

Amos 7:6

יהוה  relented concerning this. “This shall not be either,” said the Master יהוה.

Jonah 4:11

“And should I not pardon Ninewĕ

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed to יהוה, and he said, “Please, יהוה, was this not what I said while I was in my own land? This is why I went ahead and fled to Tarshish. For I know that You are an Ě

Luke 11:32

“The men of Ninewĕ

Luke 15:20

“And having risen, he went to his father. And while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion, and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him.