Jeremiah 29:13

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

11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. 12Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray to me, and I will hearken to you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. 14And I will be found by you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place from which I caused you to be carried away captive. 15Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised up for us prophets in Babylon;

Jeremiah 29:13 word by word

וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם אֹתִ֖י וּמְצָאתֶ֑ם כִּ֥י תִדְרְשֻׁ֖נִי בְּכָל־לְבַבְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• seekבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• searchדָּרַשׁdârash · to seekH1875
• heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824

Cross-references for Jeremiah 29:13

• Leviticus 26:40If they shall confess their iniquity, and the iniquity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed against me, and that also they have walked contrary to me;
• Deuteronomy 4:29But if from there thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
• Deuteronomy 30:1And it shall come to pass, when all these things have come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, where the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
• 1 Kings 8:47Yet if they shall take it to their hearts in the land where they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication to thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
• 2 Chronicles 6:37Yet if they take it to their hearts in the land where they are carried captive, and turn and pray to thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
• Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
• Isaiah 55:6Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
• Hosea 5:15I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
• Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• Amos 5:4For thus saith the LORD to the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
• Zephaniah 2:1Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired;
• Luke 11:9And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.
• Jeremiah 3:10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned to me with her whole heart, but deceitfully, saith the LORD.
• Jeremiah 24:7And I will give them an 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.
• Deuteronomy 30:2And shalt return to the LORD thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
• 1 Kings 2:4That the LORD may continue his word which he spoke concerning me, saying, If thy children take heed to their way, to walk before me in truth with all their heart and with all their soul, there shall not fail thee (said he) a man 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

Topics related to Jeremiah 29:13

• Desire
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Prayer
• Seekers

In the dictionaries

• Prophecy
• Epistle
• Jeremiah (2)
• Zedekiah (2)
• Magi
• Zedekiah

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