New King James Version
Deuteronomy 30:3
3that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you.
Deuteronomy 30:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
- New International Version (NIV)then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
- New Living Translation (NLT)then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes. He will have mercy on you and gather you back from all the nations where he has scattered you.
Context of Deuteronomy 30:3
1“Now it shall come to pass, when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God drives you, 2and you return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, that the Lord your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the Lord your God has scattered you. 4If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the Lord your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. 5Then the Lord your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers.
Read all of Deuteronomy 30Deuteronomy 30:3 word by word
וְשָׁ֨ב יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ אֶת־שְׁבוּתְךָ֖ וְרִחֲמֶ֑ךָ וְשָׁ֗ב וְקִבֶּצְךָ֙ מִכָּל־הָ֣עַמִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר הֱפִֽיצְךָ֛ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ שָֽׁמָּה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- That then the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- will turnשׁוּבshûb · to return: rescueH7725
- thy captivityשְׁבִיתshebûth shebîyth · captivityH7622
- and have compassionרָחַםrâcham · to have compassionH7355
- upon thee, and will returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: againH7725
- and gatherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
- thee from all the nationsעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- hath scatteredפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 30:3
- Psalms 106:45And for their sake He remembered His covenant, And relented according to the multitude of His mercies.
- Psalms 126:1When the Lord brought back the captivity of Zion, We were like those who dream.
- Isaiah 56:8The Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, says, “Yet I will gather to him Others besides those who are gathered to him.”
- Jeremiah 29:14I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.
- Jeremiah 31:10“Hear the word of the Lord, O nations, And declare it in the isles afar off, and say, ‘He who scattered Israel will gather him, And keep him as a shepherd does his flock.’
- Lamentations 3:22Through the Lord’s mercies we are not consumed, Because His compassions fail not.
- Romans 11:23And they also, if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.
- Romans 11:26And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come out of Zion, And He will turn away ungodliness from Jacob;
- Ezra 1:1Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
- Psalms 147:2The Lord builds up Jerusalem; He gathers together the outcasts of Israel.
- Jeremiah 32:37Behold, I will gather them out of all countries where I have driven them in My anger, in My fury, and in great wrath; I will bring them back to this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely.
- Ezekiel 34:12As a shepherd seeks out his flock on the day he is among his scattered sheep, so will I seek out My sheep and deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and dark day.
- Ezekiel 36:24For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land.
- Zechariah 8:7“Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Behold, I will save My people from the land of the east And from the land of the west;
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 30:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Gather thee from all the nations - This must refer to a more extensive captivity than that which they suffered in Babylon.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-10Verses 1-10 The rejection of Israel and the desolation of the promised inheritance were not to be the end of God‘s dispensations. The closing words of the address therefore are words of comfort and promise. Compare marginal reference and Deuteronomy 4:29 ff; 1 Kings 8:46-50. The chastisements of God would lead the nation to repent, and thereupon God would again bless them. Deuteronomy 30:3 Will turn thy captivity - Will change or put an end to thy state…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3with all your heart and all your soul: These words reflect the teaching found in the Shema (Israel’s great statement of covenant faith and commitment). The Shema calls Israel to love the Lord fully and faithfully (compare 6:4). To receive God’s forgiveness and return to the land, the people had to obey the covenant. Obedience was required before restoration could take place.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101-10. when all these things are come upon thee, ... and thou shalt return ... then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity--The hopes of the Hebrew people are ardently directed to this promise, and they confidently expect that God, commiserating their forlorn and fallen condition, will yet rescue them from all the evils of their long dispersion. They do not consider the promise as fulfilled by their restoration from the captivity in Babylon, for Israel…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 30
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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