Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed.
New American Standard Bible
if it does
King James Version
If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Holman Bible
However, if it does what is evil in My sight by not listening to My voice, I will relent concerning the good I had said I would do to it.
International Standard Version
But if that nation does evil in my eyes by not obeying me, I'll change my mind about the good that I said I would bring on it.
A Conservative Version
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will relent of the good with which I said I would benefit them.
American Standard Version
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Amplified
and if they do evil in My sight by not obeying My voice, then I will reverse My decision concerning the good with which I had promised to bless them.
Darby Translation
if it do evil in my sight, that it hearken not unto my voice, then I will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Julia Smith Translation
And it did evil in mine eyes not to hear to my voice, and I lamented for the good which I said to do well to it
King James 2000
If it does evil in my sight, that it obeys not my voice, then I will change from the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But [if] it does evil in my sight, to not listen to my voice, then I will relent concerning the good that I said I would do [to] it.
Modern King James verseion
if it does evil in My sight, not to obey My voice, then I will repent of the good with which I said I would do them good.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
if the same people do evil before me, and hear not my voice: Immediately, I repent of the good, that I devised to do for them.
NET Bible
But if that nation does what displeases me and does not obey me, then I will cancel the good I promised to do to it.
New Heart English Bible
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
The Emphasized Bible
and it commit wickedness in mine eyes, in not hearkening unto my voice, then will I repent concerning the good wherewith I had said I would do it good.
Webster
If it shall do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
World English Bible
if they do that which is evil in my sight, that they not obey my voice, then I will repent of the good, with which I said I would benefit them.
Youngs Literal Translation
And it hath done the evil thing in Mine eyes, So as not to hearken to My voice, Then I have repented of the good That I have spoken of doing to it.
Themes
Disobedience to God » Forfeits his promised blessings
Evil » The reward for doing evil
Interlinear
Ra`
`ayin
Shama`
References
Morish
Smith
Word Count of 20 Translations in Jeremiah 18:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Potter And The Clay
9 And whenever I say anything about building up a nation or a kingdom, and planting it; 10 If, in that very minute, it does evil in my eyes, going against my orders, then my good purpose, which I said I would do for them, will be changed. 11 Now, then, say to the men of Judah and to the people of Jerusalem, This is what the Lord has said: See, I am forming an evil thing against you, and designing a design against you: let every man come back now from his evil way, and let your ways and your doings be changed for the better.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:30
For this reason the Lord God of Israel has said, Truly I did say that your family and your father's people would have their place before me for ever: but now the Lord says, Let it not be so; I will give honour to those by whom I am honoured, and those who have no respect for me will be of small value in my eyes.
Ezekiel 33:18
When the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, death will overtake him in it.
1 Samuel 13:13
And Samuel said to Saul, You have done a foolish thing: you have not kept the rules which the Lord your God gave you; it was the purpose of the Lord to make your authority over Israel safe for ever.
Ezekiel 18:24
But when the upright man, turning away from his righteousness, does evil, like all the disgusting things which the evil man does, will he have life? Not one of his upright acts will be kept in memory: in the wrong which he has done and in his sin death will overtake him.
Numbers 14:22
Because all these men, having seen my glory and the signs which I have done in Egypt and in the waste land, still have put me to the test ten times, and have not given ear to my voice;
Numbers 14:34
And as you went through the land viewing it for forty days, so for forty years, a year for every day, you will undergo punishment for your wrongdoing, and you will see that I am against you.
1 Samuel 15:11
It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and has not done my orders. And Samuel was very sad, crying to the Lord in prayer all night.
1 Samuel 15:35
And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it was no longer the Lord's pleasure for Saul to be king over Israel.
Jeremiah 7:23-28
But this was the order I gave them, saying, Give ear to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people: go in all the way ordered by me, so that all may be well for you.
Ezekiel 45:20
And this you are to do on the seventh day of the month for everyone who is in error and for the feeble-minded: you are to make the house free from sin.
Zephaniah 1:6
And those who are turned back from going after the Lord, and those who have not made prayer to the Lord or got directions from him.