Jonah 3:10 BSB — MannaFest

Jonah 3:10

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.

BSB

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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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And Gods saw their works - They repented, and brought forth fruits meet for repentance; works which showed that they did most earnestly repent. He therefore changed his purpose, and the city was saved. The purpose was: If the Ninevites do not return from their evil ways, and the violence that is in their hands, within forty days, I will destroy the city. The Ninevites did return, etc., and therefore escaped the threatened judgment. Thus we see that the threatening was conditional.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Thus he spared Nineveh, and did not the evil which he said he would do against it. Here were no sacrifices offered to God, that we read of, to make atonement for sin, but the sacrifice of God is a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, such as the Ninevites now had, it what he will not despise; it is what he will give countenance to and put honour upon.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיַּ֤רְא	vai.Yar'	and he saw	H7200 →
הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
אֶֽת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מַ֣עֲשֵׂיהֶ֔ם	ma.'a.sei.Hem	deeds their	H4639 →
כִּי־	ki-	that	H3588 →
שָׁ֖בוּ	Sha.vu	they turned back	H7725 →
מִדַּרְכָּ֣ם	mi.dar.Kam	from way their	H1870 →
הָרָעָ֑ה	ha.ra.'Ah	<the> evil	H7451 →
וַיִּנָּ֣חֶם	vai.yi.Na.chem	and he relented	H5162 →
הָאֱלֹהִ֗ים	ha.'E.lo.Him	<the> God	H430 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
הָרָעָ֛ה	ha.ra.'Ah	the evil	H7451 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֥ר	di.Ber	he had said	H1696 →
לַעֲשׂוֹת־	la.'a.sot-	to do	H6213 →
לָהֶ֖ם	la.Hem	to <the> them
וְלֹ֥א	ve.Lo'	and not	H3808 →
עָשָֽׂה׃	'a.Sah	he did [it]	H6213 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H5162vaiyinachemand he relented108×

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 18:8
But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
leads to
- Jeremiah 26:13
  So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 18:21
  But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
Through
Luke 15:20
So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and…
leads to
- Psalms 103:10–13
  He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.
- Psalms 86:5
  For You, O Lord, are kind and forgiving, rich in loving devotion to all who call on You.
- Psalms 86:15
  But You, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness.
- Ephesians 2:13
  But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far away have been brought near through the blood of Christ.
- Deuteronomy 30:2–4
  and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
Through
Exodus 32:14
So the LORD relented from the calamity He had threatened to bring on His people.
leads to
- Psalms 106:45
  And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jonah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jonah