^4:29But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.⁴⁹^4:30In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days,⁵⁰ if you return to the Lord your God and obey him⁵¹^4:31(for he⁵² is a merciful God), he will not let you down⁵³ or destroy you, for he cannot⁵⁴ forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.

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Deuteronomy 4:29: But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Footnotes

49 Or “mind and being.” See Deut 6:5.
50 The phrase is not used here in a technical sense for the eschaton, but rather refers to a future time when Israel will be punished for its sin and experience exile. See Deut 31:29.
51 Heb “hear his voice.” The expression is an idiom meaning “obey,” occurring in Deut 8:20; 9:23; 13:18; 21:18, 20; 26:14, 17; 27:10; 28:1–2, 15, 45, 62; 30:2, 8, 10, 20.
52 Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in .
53 Heb “he will not drop you,” i.e., “will not abandon you” (cf. , , , ).
54 Or “will not.” The translation understands the imperfect verbal form to have an added nuance of capability here.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But from there you will seek the Lord your God and you will find him, if you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, you will return to the Lord your God and obey his voice. For the Lord your God is a merciful God. He will not leave you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers that he swore to them.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But if from there you seek the Lord your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the Lord your God and obey him. For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon or destroy you or forget the covenant with your ancestors, which he confirmed to them by oath.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But from there, you will search for the Lord your God, and you will find him when you seek him with all your heart and all your soul. When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, in the future you will return to the Lord your God and obey him. He will not leave you, destroy you, or forget the covenant with your ancestors that he swore to them by oath, because the Lord your God is a compassionate God.

NLTNew Living Translation

But from there you will search again for the Lord your God. And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.

“In the distant future, when you are suffering all these things, you will finally return to the Lord your God and listen to what he tells you. For the Lord your God is a merciful God; he will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the solemn covenant he made with your ancestors.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God and will find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul. In your distress when all these things have found you in the latter days, then you will return to Yahweh your God, and you will listen to his voice. For Yahweh your God is a compassionate God; he will not abandon you, and he will not destroy you, and he will not forget the covenant of your ancestors that he swore to them.

KJV 1900King James Version

But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

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