Parallel Verses

King James 2000

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

The Golden Calf

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, your servants, to whom you swore by your own self, and said unto them, I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever. 14 And the LORD turned from the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 15 And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

Cross References

Psalm 106:45

And he remembered for them his covenant, and relented according to the multitude of his mercies.

2 Samuel 24:16

And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD turned from the destruction, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now your hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

Jonah 3:10

And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented of the disaster, that he had said that he would bring upon them; and he did it not.

1 Chronicles 21:15

And God sent an angel unto Jerusalem to destroy it: and as he was destroying, the LORD beheld, and he relented of the disaster, and said to the angel that destroyed, It is enough, restrain now your hand. And the angel of the LORD stood by the threshingfloor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Jeremiah 18:8

If that nation, against whom I have spoken, turn from their evil, I will change from the evil that I thought to do unto them.

Jeremiah 26:13

Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will relent concerning the evil that he has pronounced against you.

Jeremiah 26:19

Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD relented himself of the evil which he had pronounced against them? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.

Jonah 4:2

And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray you, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that you are a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and you relent from the destruction.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Joel 2:13

And tear your hearts, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and relents from sending calamity.

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