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Jonah 3:10
New English Translation
Jonah 3:10
New English Translation
10 When God saw their actions—that they turned from their evil way of living.[a]—God relented concerning the judgment[b] he had threatened them with[c] and did not destroy them.[d]
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- Jonah 3:10 tn Heb “from their evil way” (so KJV, ASV, NAB); cf. NASB “wicked way.”
- Jonah 3:10 tn Heb “calamity” or “disaster.” The noun רָעָה (raʿah, “calamity, disaster”) functions as a metonymy of result—the cause being the threatened judgment (e.g., Exod 32:12, 14; 2 Sam 24:16; Jer 18:8; 26:13, 19; 42:10; Joel 2:13; Jonah 4:2; HALOT 1263 s.v. רָעָה 6). The root רָעָה is repeated three times in vv. 8 and 10. Twice it refers to the Ninevites’ moral “evil” (vv. 8 and 10a), and here it refers to the “calamity” or “disaster” that the Lord had threatened (v. 10b). This repetition of the root forms a polysemantic wordplay that exploits this broad range of meanings of the noun. The wordplay emphasizes that God’s response was appropriate: because the Ninevites repented from their moral “evil,” God relented from the “calamity” he had threatened.
- Jonah 3:10 tn Heb “the disaster that he had spoken to do to them.”
- Jonah 3:10 tn Heb “and he did not do it.” See notes on 3:8-9.
Jonah 3:10
New International Version
Jonah 3:10
New International Version
10 When God saw what they did and how they turned from their evil ways, he relented(A) and did not bring on them the destruction(B) he had threatened.(C)
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