Jeremiah 18:8
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
if that nationהַגֹּ֣וי
(hag·go·vy)
1471: nation, peoplefrom the same as gav
againstעָלָ֑יו
(a·lav;)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
whichאֲשֶׁ֥ר
(a·sher)
834: who, which, thata prim. pronoun
I have spokenדִּבַּ֖רְתִּי
(dib·bar·ti)
1696: to speaka prim. root
turnsוְשָׁב֙
(ve·shav)
7725: to turn back, returna prim. root
from its evil, 
 
7463a: evil, misery, distress, injuryfrom the same as roa
I will relentוְנִֽחַמְתִּי֙
(ve·ni·cham·ti)
5162: to be sorry, console oneselfa prim. root
concerningעַל־
(al-)
5921: upon, above, overfrom alah
the calamity 
 
7463a: evil, misery, distress, injuryfrom the same as roa
I plannedחָשַׁ֖בְתִּי
(cha·shav·ti)
2803: to think, accounta prim. root
to bringלַעֲשֹׂ֥ות
(la·'a·so·vt)
6213a: do, makea prim. root
on it. 
 
  


















KJV Lexicon
If that nation
gowy  (go'-ee)
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts -- Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
against whom I have pronounced
dabar  (daw-bar')
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
turn
shuwb  (shoob)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively
from their evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
I will repent
nacham  (naw-kham')
comfort (self), ease (one's self), repent(-er,-ing, self).
of the evil
ra`  (rah)
bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)one), worse(-st), wretchedness, wrong. (Incl. feminine raaah; as adjective or noun.).
that I thought
chashab  (khaw-shab')
to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute
to do
`asah  (aw-saw')
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
unto them
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
However, if that nation I have made an announcement about turns from its evil, I will relent concerning the disaster I had planned to do to it.

International Standard Version
But if that nation about which I spoke turns from its evil way, I'll change my mind about the disaster that I had planned for it.

NET Bible
But if that nation I threatened stops doing wrong, I will cancel the destruction I intended to do to it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
But suppose the nation that I threatened turns away from doing wrong. Then I will change my plans about the disaster I planned to do to it.

King James 2000 Bible
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.
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