Jeremiah 36:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster I intend to do to them; that every man may turn from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אוּלַ֤י יִשְׁמְעוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה אֵ֚ת כָּל־הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י חֹשֵׁ֖ב לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָהֶ֑ם לְמַ֣עַן יָשׁ֗וּבוּ אִ֚ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֔ה וְסָלַחְתִּ֥י לַעֲוֺנָ֖ם וּלְחַטָּאתָֽם

Transliteration

Perhaps yišməʿû bêt Yəhûdāh ʾēt all-the-rāʿāh which ʾānōkî ḥōšēb to-do to-them, in-order-that yāšûbû ʾîš from-darkô the-rāʿāh and-sālaḥtî to-ʿăwōnām and-to-ḥaṭṭāʾtām

Grammar Details

• *yišməʿû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will hear/listen
• *bêt*: construct state, masculine singular - house of
• *Yəhûdāh*: proper name - Judah
• *ʾēt*: direct object marker
• *rāʿāh*: adjective, feminine singular with definite article - the evil/wicked
• *ʾānōkî*: personal pronoun, 1st singular - I
• *ḥōšēb*: participle, masculine singular - thinking/planning/intending
• *yāšûbû*: imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will return/repent
• *ʾîš*: common noun, masculine singular - man/each one
• *darkô*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his way
• *sālaḥtî*: perfect, 1st singular with waw consecutive - and I will forgive
• *ʿăwōnām*: common noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their iniquity
• *ḥaṭṭāʾtām*: common noun, feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their sin

Word Meanings

• *rāʿāh*: evil/disaster/calamity/misfortune
• *ḥōšēb*: thinking/planning/intending/devising
• *yāšûbû*: return/repent/turn back
• *ʿăwōnām*: iniquity/guilt/punishment

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Perhaps the house of Judah will hear about all the disaster I intend to bring upon them, so that each one may turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  It may be that the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} will hear{H8085} all the evil{H7451} which I purpose{H2803} to do{H6213} unto them; that they may return{H7725} every man{H376} from his evil{H7451} way;{H1870} that I may forgive{H5545} their iniquity{H5771} and their sin.{H2403}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  It may be that the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} will hear{H8085}{(H8799)} all the evil{H7451} which I purpose{H2803}{(H8802)} to do{H6213}{(H8800)} unto them; that they may return{H7725}{(H8799)} every man{H376} from his evil{H7451} way{H1870}; that I may forgive{H5545}{(H8804)} their iniquity{H5771} and their sin{H2403}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  That when the house of Iuda heareth of the plage, which I haue deuysed for the, they maye peradueture turne, eueryman fro his wicked waye, that I maye forgeue their offences and synnes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  It may bee that the House of Iudah will heare of all the euill, which I determined to doe vnto them that they may returne euery man from his euil way, that I may forgiue their iniquitie and their sinnes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  That when the house of Iuda heareth of the plague whiche I haue deuised for them, they may peraduenture turne euery man from his wicked way, that I may forgeue their offences and sinnes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  if so be the house of Israel do hear all the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, so that they turn back each from is evil way, and I have been propitious to their iniquity, and to their sin.'

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  It may be that the people of Judah, hearing of all the evil which it is my purpose to do to them, will be turned, every man from his evil ways; so that they may have my forgiveness for their evil-doing and their sin.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done.”

Referenced Verses

• Jer 18:8 : 8 If that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turns from their evil, I will relent of the evil that I thought to do to them.
• Jer 26:3 : 3 Perhaps they will listen and each man will turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the evil I plan to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.
• Ezek 12:3 : 3 Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for departure, and remove by day in their sight; and you shall move from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.
• Jer 36:7 : 7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and each will turn from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.
• Deut 30:2 : 2 And shall return to the LORD your God, and shall obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;
• Deut 30:8 : 8 And you shall return and obey the voice of the LORD, and do all his commandments which I command you this day.
• 1 Sam 7:3 : 3 And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
• Jer 35:15 : 15 I have sent also to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and you shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but you have not inclined your ear, nor listened to me.
• Jer 18:11 : 11 Now therefore go, speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus says the LORD; Behold, I frame evil against you, and devise a plan against you: return now everyone from his evil way, and make your ways and your doings good.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
• Mark 4:12 : 12 that seeing they may see and not perceive, and hearing they may hear and not understand, lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
• Luke 3:7-9 : 7 Then he said to the multitude that came forth to be baptized by him, O generation of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, That God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. 9 And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not produce good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire.
• Luke 20:13 : 13 Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will respect him when they see him.
• Acts 26:18 : 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith that is in me.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 But showed first to those of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works fitting for repentance.
• Acts 28:27 : 27 For the heart of this people has grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, and their eyes they have closed, lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and turn, so that I should heal them.
• 2 Tim 2:25-26 : 25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, 26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
• 2 Pet 3:9 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is patient toward us, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
• Ezek 18:23 : 23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? says the Lord GOD, and not that he should return from his ways and live?
• Ezek 18:27-28 : 27 Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does what is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he considers and turns away from all his transgressions that he has committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
• Ezek 33:7-9 : 7 So you, O son of man, I have set you a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say to the wicked, O wicked man, you shall surely die; if you do not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 Nevertheless, if you warn the wicked of his way to turn from it; if he does not turn from his way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.
• Ezek 33:14-16 : 14 Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turns from his sin, and does that which is lawful and right; 15 If the wicked restores the pledge, gives back what he has stolen, walks in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 16 None of his sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
• Jonah 3:8-9 : 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily to God; yes, let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and relent, and turn away from His fierce anger, so that we do not perish? 10 And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented of the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it.
• Zeph 2:3 : 3 Seek the LORD, all you meek of the earth, who have carried out His judgment; seek righteousness, seek meekness: it may be you shall be hidden in the day of the LORD'S anger.
• Matt 3:7-9 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance: 9 And do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father: for I say to you, that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
• Matt 13:15 : 15 For this people's heart has become callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise, they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.
• Jer 23:14 : 14 I have also seen a horrible thing in the prophets of Jerusalem: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They also strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that none returns from his wickedness. They are all to me as Sodom, and the inhabitants of it as Gomorrah.
• Jer 24:7 : 7 And I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD; and they shall be My people, and I will be their God: for they shall return to Me with their whole heart.
• Deut 5:29 : 29 Oh that they had such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children forever!
• 1 Kgs 8:48-50 : 48 And so return to you with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, who led them away captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name: 49 Then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven your dwelling place, and maintain their cause, 50 And forgive your people that have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have transgressed against you, and give them compassion before those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:
• 2 Chr 6:38-39 : 38 If they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been carried captive, and pray toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, and toward the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name: 39 Then hear from the heavens, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
• Neh 1:9 : 9 But if you turn to Me, and keep My commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out to the farthest part of the heaven, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set My name there.
• Isa 6:10 : 10 Make the heart of this people dull, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted and healed.
• Isa 55:6-7 : 6 Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near. 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, and he will have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.