Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people.

New American Standard Bible

So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He said He would do to His people.

King James Version

And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Holman Bible

So the Lord relented concerning the disaster He said He would bring on His people.

International Standard Version

So the LORD changed his mind about the calamity he had said he would bring on his people.

A Conservative Version

And LORD relented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah repented of the evil which he said he would do unto his people.

Amplified

So the Lord changed His mind about the harm which He had said He would do to His people.

Darby Translation

And Jehovah repented of the evil that he had said he would do to his people.

Julia Smith Translation

And Jehovah repented concerning the evil which he spake to do to his people.

King James 2000

And the LORD turned from the evil which he thought to do unto his people.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And Yahweh relented concerning the disaster that he had {threatened} to do to his people.

Modern King James verseion

And Jehovah repented as to the evil which He spoke of doing to His people.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And the LORD refrained himself from that evil, which he said he would do unto his people.

NET Bible

Then the Lord relented over the evil that he had said he would do to his people.

New Heart English Bible

The LORD repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.

The Emphasized Bible

So then Yahweh was grieved, - over the calamity - which he had spoken of inflicting on his people.

Webster

And the LORD repented of the evil which he thought to do to his people.

World English Bible

Yahweh repented of the evil which he said he would do to his people.

Youngs Literal Translation

and Jehovah repenteth of the evil which He hath spoken of doing to His people.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the Lord

Usage: 0

נחם 
Nacham 
Usage: 108

of the evil
רעה רע 
Ra` 
Usage: 669

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

to do

Usage: 0

References

American

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Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

The Golden Calf

13 Have in mind Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you gave your oath, saying, I will make your seed like the stars of heaven in number, and all this land will I give to your seed, as I said, to be their heritage for ever. 14 So the Lord let himself be turned from his purpose of sending punishment on his people. 15 Then Moses came down the mountain with the two stones of the law in his hand; the stones had writing on their two sides, on the front and on the back.


Cross References

Psalm 106:45

And kept in mind his agreement with them, and in his great mercy gave them forgiveness.

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the hand of the angel was stretched out in the direction of Jerusalem, for its destruction, the Lord had regret for the evil, and said to the angel who was sending destruction on the people, It is enough; do no more. And the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Jonah 3:10

And God saw what they did, how they were turned from their evil way; and God's purpose was changed as to the evil which he said he would do to them, and he did it not.

1 Chronicles 21:15

And God sent an angel to Jerusalem for its destruction: and when he was about to do so, the Lord saw, and had regret for the evil, and said to the angel of destruction, It is enough; do no more. Now the angel of the Lord was by the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Jeremiah 18:8

If, in that very minute, that nation of which I was talking is turned away from its evil, my purpose of doing evil to them will be changed.

Jeremiah 26:13

So now, make a change for the better in your ways and your doings, and give ear to the voice of the Lord your God; then the Lord will let himself be turned from the decision he has made against you for evil.

Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hezekiah and all Judah put him to death? did he not in the fear of the Lord make prayer for the grace of the Lord, and the Lord let himself be turned from the decision he had made against them for evil? By this act we might do great evil against ourselves.

Jonah 4:2

And he made prayer to the Lord and said, O Lord, is this not what I said when I was still in my country? This is why I took care to go in flight to Tarshish: for I was certain that you were a loving God, full of pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, and ready to be turned from your purpose of evil.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:

Joel 2:13

Let your hearts be broken, and not your clothing, and come back to the Lord your God: for he is full of grace and pity, slow to be angry and great in mercy, ready to be turned from his purpose of punishment.

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