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Jeremiah 26:3

If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

KJV

si forte audiant, et convertantur unusquisque a via sua mala, et pœniteat me mali quod cogito facere eis propter malitiam studiorum eorum.

Vulgate

Ἀναλάβετε ὅπλα καὶ ἀσπίδας, καὶ προσαγάγετε εἰς πόλεμον,

LXX

It may be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way; that I may repent me of the evil which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.

ASV

אוּלַ֣י יִשְׁמְע֔וּ וְ/יָשֻׁ֕בוּ אִ֖ישׁ מִ/דַּרְכּ֣/וֹ הָ/רָעָ֑ה וְ/נִחַמְתִּ֣י אֶל הָ/רָעָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר אָנֹכִ֤י חֹשֵׁב֙ לַ/עֲשׂ֣וֹת לָ/הֶ֔ם מִ/פְּנֵ֖י רֹ֥עַ מַעַלְלֵי/הֶֽם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אָנֹכִ֖י
'nky
pronoun · 356×
אוּלַ֛י
'vly
adverb · 45×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
ו
v
noun · 43×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
נִי
ny
verb · 108×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
רָ֑ע
r'
verb · 664×
רֹ֥עַ
r'
noun · 19×
שׁ֣וּב
shvb
verb · 1058×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 21:27 — And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
  • 1Kgs 21:29 — Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me? because he humbleth himself before me, I will not bring the evil in his days: but in his son’s days will I bring the evil upon his house.
  • Ezek 12:3 — Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, thoug
  • Ezek 18:27 — Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
  • Isa 1:16 — Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil;
  • Jer 18:7 — At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it;
  • Jer 18:8 — If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
  • Jer 26:13 — Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
  • Jer 36:3 — It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
  • Jer 36:3 — It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
  • Jer 36:7 — It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
  • Jonah 3:8 — But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
  • Jonah 4:2 — And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and me