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If God doesn't change his mind, then completely remove the verses that say he does. Saying that "he can't because he's all knowing" is very weak attempt to get around it, and even further the attempt rips God of his free will to make choices. God changing his mind simply means he made a different decision in regards to his morality and relationship with his people. And that is what Exodus says he doesn't change his mind about - his promises and morality.
Look up anthropomorphic language.
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,(Psalm 17:8)
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.(Psalm 36:7)
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.(Psalm 91:4)
Here are three verses that say God has wings. If true, then He is some sort of super bird.
Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings,(Psalm 17:8)
How excellent is thy lovingkindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.(Psalm 36:7)
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.(Psalm 91:4)
Here are three verses that say God has wings. If true, then He is some sort of super bird.
That is beyond unrelated. The text is very plain about him changing his mind in regards to the judgment he said he would bring.
"And God repented" - Jonah 3:10 KJV
Other versions translate it as "God changed his mind" and "God reconsidered"
The Septuagint uses Metanoia to translate Repent, which is what Jesus said to unbelievers - Metanoia and Believe the Gospel.
Meta means to change, and nous means mind, thus Metanoia means to change your mind.
Conclusively, the Septuagint translates Jonah 3:10 as "God changed his mind"
Furthermore Metanoia is not used in regards to Nineveh in Jonah 3:10 in the Septuagint. In fact it even uses the same greek word for "works" as in Ephesians 2:8-9, thus we are saved by Grace through faith, not by turning from sin.
There's simply no way to explain away God changing his mind. God will destroy the wicked, but if they turn from their evil ways, God will repent - change his mind - and not destroy them.
"And God repented" - Jonah 3:10 KJV
Other versions translate it as "God changed his mind" and "God reconsidered"
Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton english translation of the Septuagint 1851-
And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil ways; and God repented of the evil which he had said he would do to them; and he did it not
The Septuagint, which is the Greek New Testament, translates "God repented" as "μετενόησεν ὁ θεὸς, metenóēsan o theos".The Septuagint uses Metanoia to translate Repent, which is what Jesus said to unbelievers - Metanoia and Believe the Gospel.
Meta means to change, and nous means mind, thus Metanoia means to change your mind.
Conclusively, the Septuagint translates Jonah 3:10 as "God changed his mind"
Furthermore Metanoia is not used in regards to Nineveh in Jonah 3:10 in the Septuagint. In fact it even uses the same greek word for "works" as in Ephesians 2:8-9, thus we are saved by Grace through faith, not by turning from sin.
There's simply no way to explain away God changing his mind. God will destroy the wicked, but if they turn from their evil ways, God will repent - change his mind - and not destroy them.
1 Sam (1Kings in Septuagint):
29 And Israel shall be divided to two: and [God] will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent.
35 And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
So, if both statements are literaly true, we have what? Yep, a contradiction. These two verses were left next to each other for thousands of years. Why? Because its not a contradiction, "repent" there means two different things.
29 And Israel shall be divided to two: and [God] will not turn nor repent, for he is not as a man to repent.
35 And Samuel did not see Saul again till the day of his death, for Samuel mourned after Saul, and the Lord repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.
So, if both statements are literaly true, we have what? Yep, a contradiction. These two verses were left next to each other for thousands of years. Why? Because its not a contradiction, "repent" there means two different things.
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It's a very strong argument, because it can't get anymore plain. And a very simple one in response to such a robotic response, which is the actual weak response, that as well makes God look weak in that your logic attempts to strip God of his free will.
And in that communication he repents - changes his mind. (Jonah 3:10)
And in that communication he repents - changes his mind. (Jonah 3:10)
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The American standard version, is clear, uses language that you are use to, and most Bible scholars claim it's accuacy as unsurpassed. Some even say it is the most accurately translated, others just say that in accuracy there may be equals but none better.
I myself find it useful because I am American and I speak and read American English more proficiently than I do Elizabethan English.
I myself find it useful because I am American and I speak and read American English more proficiently than I do Elizabethan English.