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New Living Translation

Jeremiah 29:13

If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Desire;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Prayer;   Seekers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Earnestness;   Earnestness-Indifference;   God's;   Heart;   Prayer;   Promises, Divine;   Search for God;   Seek God;   Seekers;   Seeking God;   Whole Heart;   The Topic Concordance - Calling;   Finding;   Israel/jews;   Seeking;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prayer;   Prayer, Answers to;   Seeking God;  

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Prophecy;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canon of the Old Testament;   Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Apocrypha;   Future Hope;   Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ma'gi;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Zedekiah;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for February 25;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
King James Version
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
English Standard Version
You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
New American Standard Bible
'And you will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
New Century Version
You will search for me. And when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me!
Amplified Bible
'Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
World English Bible
You shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And ye shall seeke mee and finde mee, because ye shall seeke mee with all your heart.
Legacy Standard Bible
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Berean Standard Bible
You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Contemporary English Version
You will worship me with all your heart, and I will be with you
Complete Jewish Bible
When you seek me, you will find me, provided you seek for me wholeheartedly;
Darby Translation
and ye shall seek me and find me, for ye shall search for me with all your heart,
Easy-to-Read Version
You will search for me, and when you search for me with all your heart, you will find me.
George Lamsa Translation
And when you shall seek me with all your heart, you shall find me, says the LORD.
Good News Translation
You will seek me, and you will find me because you will seek me with all your heart.
Lexham English Bible
When you search for me, then you will find me, if you seek me with all your heart.
Literal Translation
And you shall seek and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Ye shal seke me, & fynde me: Yee, yf so be that ye seke me with youre whole herte,
American Standard Version
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Bible in Basic English
And you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And ye shall seek Me, and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart.
King James Version (1611)
And ye shall seeke me, and finde me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall seke me and fynde me, yea yf so be that you seke me with your whole heart.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
for by myself I have sworn, saith the Lord, that thou shalt be in the midst of her an impassable land, and a reproach, and a curse; and all her cities shall be desert for ever.
English Revised Version
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all year heart.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
ye schulen seke me, and ye schulen fynde, whanne ye seken me in al youre herte.
Update Bible Version
And you shall seek me, and find me, when you shall search for me with all your heart.
Webster's Bible Translation
And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
New English Translation
When you seek me in prayer and worship, you will find me available to you. If you seek me with all your heart and soul,
New King James Version
And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.
New Life Bible
You will look for Me and find Me, when you look for Me with all your heart.
New Revised Standard
When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So shall ye seek me and find, For ye will enquire after me with all your heart;
Douay-Rheims Bible
You shall seek me, and shall find me: when you shall seek me with all your heart.
Revised Standard Version
You will seek me and find me; when you seek me with all your heart,
Young's Literal Translation
And ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;
THE MESSAGE
"When you come looking for me, you'll find me. "Yes, when you get serious about finding me and want it more than anything else, I'll make sure you won't be disappointed." God 's Decree. "I'll turn things around for you. I'll bring you back from all the countries into which I drove you"— God 's Decree—"bring you home to the place from which I sent you off into exile. You can count on it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Contextual Overview

8 This is what the Lord of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: "Do not let your prophets and fortune-tellers who are with you in the land of Babylon trick you. Do not listen to their dreams, 9 because they are telling you lies in my name. I have not sent them," says the Lord . 10 This is what the Lord says: "You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. 11 For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord . "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. 12 In those days when you pray, I will listen. 13 If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me. 14 I will be found by you," says the Lord . "I will end your captivity and restore your fortunes. I will gather you out of the nations where I sent you and will bring you home again to your own land."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

ye shall: Leviticus 26:40-45, Deuteronomy 4:29-31, Deuteronomy 30:1-20, 1 Kings 8:47-50, 2 Chronicles 6:37-39, Psalms 91:15, Isaiah 55:6, Isaiah 55:7, Hosea 5:15, Hosea 6:1-3, Amos 5:4-6, Zephaniah 2:1-3, Luke 11:9, Luke 11:10

with: Jeremiah 3:10, Jeremiah 24:7, Deuteronomy 30:2, Deuteronomy 30:10, 1 Kings 2:4, 2 Kings 23:3, 2 Chronicles 22:9, 2 Chronicles 31:21, Psalms 119:2, Psalms 119:10, Psalms 119:58, Psalms 119:69, Psalms 119:145, Joel 2:12, Acts 8:37

Reciprocal: Judges 3:15 - cried unto 2 Kings 23:25 - that turned 1 Chronicles 16:10 - let the heart 1 Chronicles 28:9 - if thou seek 2 Chronicles 15:12 - seek 2 Chronicles 33:13 - he was entreated Ezra 8:23 - besought Psalms 3:4 - I cried Psalms 9:10 - hast Psalms 27:4 - seek Psalms 27:8 - Thy Psalms 65:2 - thou Psalms 145:18 - call upon Ecclesiastes 9:10 - thy hand Song of Solomon 3:4 - but Isaiah 45:19 - Seek Isaiah 58:9 - shalt thou Zephaniah 2:3 - Seek ye Matthew 7:7 - and it Mark 10:48 - but Luke 18:39 - but Acts 9:11 - for Romans 8:27 - according Romans 12:12 - continuing Hebrews 11:6 - diligently James 1:5 - let James 5:16 - The effectual 1 John 3:22 - whatsoever 1 John 5:14 - if

Cross-References

Genesis 24:29
Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, who ran out to meet the man at the spring.
Genesis 45:15
Then Joseph kissed each of his brothers and wept over them, and after that they began talking freely with him.
Exodus 4:27
Now the Lord had said to Aaron, "Go out into the wilderness to meet Moses." So Aaron went and met Moses at the mountain of God, and he embraced him.
Exodus 18:7
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law. He bowed low and kissed him. They asked about each other's welfare and then went into Moses' tent.
2 Samuel 19:39
So all the people crossed the Jordan with the king. After David had blessed Barzillai and kissed him, Barzillai returned to his own home.
Luke 7:45
You didn't greet me with a kiss, but from the time I first came in, she has not stopped kissing my feet.
Acts 20:37
They all cried as they embraced and kissed him good-bye.
Romans 16:16
Greet each other with a sacred kiss. All the churches of Christ send you their greetings.
Colossians 4:5
Live wisely among those who are not believers, and make the most of every opportunity.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And ye shall seek me, and find [me],.... When persons seek the Lord aright, they always find him; a God hearing prayer; a God in Christ; bestowing favours upon them; granting them his presence; indulging them in communion with him; and favouring them with fresh supplies of his grace, and everything needful for them; every mercy, temporal and spiritual; that is, when they seek him in Christ, who is the only way to the Father, under the guidance and influence of the blessed Spirit; in the exercise of faith upon him and his promises; with fervency of spirit and ardour of mind; with diligence and importunity; with earnest desires and strong affections; and, as follows, with all sincerity of soul:

when ye shall search for me with all your heart; which, as Calvin rightly observes, does not design perfection, but integrity and sincerity; when they draw nigh with a true heart, and call upon him in truth, and search for him with eagerness, with a hearty desire to find him, as men search for gold, and silver, and hid treasure.


 
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