God’s Word Translation
Jeremiah 29:13
13When you look for me, you will find me. When you wholeheartedly seek me,
Jeremiah 29:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
- New International Version (NIV)You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
Context of Jeremiah 29:13
11I know the plans that I have for you, declares the Lord. They are plans for peace and not disaster, plans to give you a future filled with hope. 12Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me, and I will hear you. When you look for me, you will find me. When you wholeheartedly seek me, 14I will let you find me, declares the Lord. I will bring you back from captivity. I will gather you from all the nations and places where I’ve scattered you, declares the Lord. I will bring you back from the place where you are being held captive. 15You’ve said that the Lord has given you prophets in Babylon.
Read all of Jeremiah 29Jeremiah 29:13 word by word
וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם אֹתִ֖י וּמְצָאתֶ֑ם כִּ֥י תִדְרְשֻׁ֖נִי בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Jeremiah 29:13
- Leviticus 26:40“But if they confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors—the treacherous things they did to oppose me—
- Deuteronomy 4:29But if you look for the Lord your God when you are among those nations, you will find him whenever you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 30:1All these blessings and curses I have spoken about will happen to you. Take them to heart when you are among all the nations where the Lord your God will scatter you.
- 1 Kings 8:47If they come to their senses, are sorry for what they’ve done, and plead with you in the land where they are captives, saying, ‘We have sinned. We have done wrong. We have been wicked,’
- 2 Chronicles 6:37If they come to their senses, are sorry for what they’ve done, and plead with you in the land where they are captives, saying, ‘We have sinned. We have done wrong. We have been wicked,’
- Psalms 91:15When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will save you and honor you.
- Isaiah 55:6Seek the Lord while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.
- Hosea 5:15I will go back to my place until they admit that they are guilty. Then they will search for me. In their distress they will eagerly look for me.”
- Hosea 6:1Let’s return to the Lord. Even though he has torn us to pieces, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bandage our wounds.
- Amos 5:4This is what the Lord says to the nation of Israel: Search for me and live!
- Zephaniah 2:1Gather yourselves together! Yes, gather together, you shameless nation,
- Luke 11:9“So I tell you to ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.
- Jeremiah 3:10Even after all this, Israel’s treacherous sister Judah didn’t wholeheartedly come back to me. She was deceitful,” declares the Lord.
- Jeremiah 24:7I will give them the desire to know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will wholeheartedly come back to me.
- Deuteronomy 30:2If you and your children return to the Lord your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul, doing everything I command you today,
- 1 Kings 2:4⌞You’ll succeed⌟ because the Lord will keep the promise he made to me: ‘If your descendants are faithful to me with all their hearts and lives, you will never fail to have an heir on the throne of Israel.’
Commentaries on Jeremiah 29:13
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in their sins, because they love to be flattered; and they speak smoothly to their prophets, that their prophets may speak smoothly to them. God promises that they should return after seventy years were accomplished. By this it appears, that the seventy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13Through Jeremiah, the Lord reminded the exiled people that if they searched for him sincerely, they would find him. The Exile taught the Israelites to reject false gods and devote themselves fully to the Lord (Deuteronomy 6:4–6). It also inspired a new commitment to God's revealed word.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. (Le 26:40-42, 44, 45).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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