Jeremiah 29:13

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.

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

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;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.

Contextual Overview

⁸Yes. Believe it or not, this is the Message from God -of-the-Angel-Armies, Israel's God: "Don't let all those so-called preachers and know-it-alls who are all over the place there take you in with their lies. Don't pay any attention to the fantasies they keep coming up with to please you. They're a bunch of liars preaching lies—and claiming I sent them! I never sent them, believe me." God 's Decree! ¹⁰This is God 's Word on the subject: "As soon as Babylon's seventy years are up and not a day before, I'll show up and take care of you as I promised and bring you back home. I know what I'm doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you the future you hope for. ¹² "When you call on me, when you come and pray to me, I'll listen. ¹³"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.

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
Rebekah had a brother named Laban. Laban ran outside to the man at the spring. He had seen the nose ring and the bracelets on his sister and had heard her say, "The man said this and this and this to me." So he went to the man and there he was, still standing with his camels at the spring. Laban welcomed him: "Come on in, blessed of God ! Why are you standing out here? I've got the house ready for you; and there's also a place for your camels."

Exodus 4:27
God spoke to Aaron, "Go and meet Moses in the wilderness." He went and met him at the mountain of God and kissed him. Moses told Aaron the message that God had sent him to speak and the wonders he had commanded him to do.

Exodus 18:7
Moses went out to welcome his father-in-law. He bowed to him and kissed him. Each asked the other how things had been with him. Then they went into the tent. Moses told his father-in-law the story of all that God had done to Pharaoh and Egypt in helping Israel, all the trouble they had experienced on the journey, and how God had delivered them.

2 Samuel 19:39
The army crossed the Jordan but the king stayed. The king kissed and blessed Barzillai, who then returned home. Then the king, Kimham with him, crossed over at Gilgal. The whole army of Judah and half the army of Israel processed with the king. The men of Israel came to the king and said, "Why have our brothers, the men of Judah, taken over as if they owned the king, escorting the king and his family and close associates across the Jordan?" The men of Judah retorted, "Because the king is related to us, that's why! But why make a scene? You don't see us getting treated special because of it, do you?" The men of Israel shot back, "We have ten shares in the king to your one. Besides we're the firstborn—so why are we having to play second fiddle? It was our idea to bring him back." But the men of Judah took a harder line than the men of Israel.

Romans 16:16
Holy embraces all around! All the churches of Christ send their warmest greetings!

Colossians 4:5
Use your heads as you live and work among outsiders. Don't miss a trick. Make the most of every opportunity. Be gracious in your speech. The goal is to bring out the best in others in a conversation, not put them down, not cut them out.

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.