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Jeremiah 29:11–13

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11For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, rto give you an †expected end. 12Then sshall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. 13And stvye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me uwith all your heart.

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Jeremiah 29:11: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Footnotes

  1. rSo ch. 31:17. Comp. 1 Cor. 10:13.
  2. †Heb. end and expectation.
  3. sDan. 9:3. So ch. 33:3.
  4. sDan. 9:3. So ch. 33:3.
  5. t2 Chr. 15:2. Hos. 3:5. Comp. Lev. 26:39, 40. Deut. 30:1.
  6. vDeut. 4:29. Ps. 32:6. & 78:34. Isai. 55:6. ch. 10:18.
  7. uch. 24:7.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For I know the plans I have for you”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“plans for your well-being, not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. You will call to me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart.

NLTNew Living Translation

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. In those days when you pray, I will listen. If you look for me wholeheartedly, you will find me.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For I know the plans that I am planning concerning you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘plans for prosperity and not for harm, to give to you a future and a hope. Then when you call me, and you come and pray to me, then I will listen to you. When you search for me, then you will find me, if you seek me with all your heart.