Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 3:10:

• Kupsabiny: “When God saw the thing that those people had done and how they changed their lives which were bad, he had mercy upon them. He forgave them for what they had done and did not destroy (them) the way he had said.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “God, seeing what-all they did, forsaking evil deeds, [He] changed His mind. Even though He had decided to destroy them, He did not do it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “God saw what they did, how they turned-away from their wicked living. So his mind/[lit. thinking] changed and he no-longer (intended)-to-destroy them according-to what he had-said that he would-do.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “When God saw what they did and their turning-their-backs-on their sins, he repented-of what he had said and he did not punish them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “When they all did that, God saw what they were doing, and he saw that they had stopped doing evil things. So he pitied them, and he did not get rid of them as he had threatened to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)