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<a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/4.htm">New King James Version</a> When you are in distress, and all these things come upon you in the latter days, when you turn to the LORD your God and obey His voice <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> When you are in distress and all these things happen to you, in the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> When you are in distress and all these things have come upon you, in the last days you will return to Yahweh your God and listen to His voice. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> When you are in distress and tribulation and all these things come on you, in the latter days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, you will return to the LORD your God in later days and obey Him. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt return to Jehovah thy God, and hearken unto his voice: <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, in the latter days thou shalt return to the LORD thy God, and hearken unto his voice: <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When you're in distress and all these things happen to you, then you will finally come back to the LORD your God and obey him. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> When you are in trouble and all those things happen to you, then you will finally turn to the LORD and obey him. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> In your distress, when all these things happen to you in days to come and you return to the LORD your God, then you will hear his voice. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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 listen to His voice. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/4.htm">NET Bible</a> In your distress when all these things happen to you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and obey him <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to the LORD your God, and listen to his voice: <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> When thou art in tribulation, and all these things have come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou shalt turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient to his voice; <a href="/web/deuteronomy/4.htm">World English Bible</a> When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God and listen to his voice. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> In the distress of yours, when all these things have found you in the latter end of the days, and you have turned back to your God YHWH and have listened to His voice— <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> in distress being to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened to His voice; <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In straitness to thee, and all these words found thee in the last of the days, and thou didst turn to Jehovah thy God and heardest to his voice;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> After all the things aforesaid shall and thee, in the latter time thou shalt return to the Lord thy God, and shalt hear his voice. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> After all these things which have been foretold have found you, in the end time, you shall return to the Lord your God, and you will hear his voice. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Bible</a> In your distress, when all these things shall have come upon you, you shall finally return to the LORD, your God, and listen to his voice. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> In your distress, when all these things have happened to you in time to come, you will return to the LORD your God and heed him.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come upon you in the latter days, if you return to the LORD your God and shall be obedient to his voice <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Whenever you suffer adversity and all of these words come to you at the last of days and you are converted to LORD JEHOVAH your God and you will listen to his voice;<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> In thy distress, when all these things are come upon thee, in the end of days, thou wilt return to the LORD thy God, and hearken unto His voice; <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And all these things shall come upon thee in the last days, and thou shalt turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt hearken to his voice. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=1409" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Warning Against Idolatry</a> …29But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. 30<a href="/hebrew/6862.htm" title="6862: baṣ·ṣar (Prep-b, Art:: Adj-ms) -- Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent. Or tsar; from tsarar; narrow; a tight place; also a pebble; an opponent.">When you are in distress</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: hā·’êl·leh (Art:: Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·də·ḇā·rîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">things</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: ū·mə·ṣā·’ū·ḵā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp:: 2ms) -- To attain to, find. ">have happened to you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/319.htm" title="319: bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- The after-part, end. From 'achar; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity.">then in later</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wə·šaḇ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">you will return</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā (N-mpc:: 2ms) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: wə·šā·ma‘·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">and listen</a> <a href="/hebrew/6963.htm" title="6963: bə·qō·lōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Sound, voice. Or qol; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound.">to His voice.</a> 31For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/29-12.htm">Jeremiah 29:12-14</a> Then you will call upon 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. / I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.” <a href="/hosea/5-15.htm">Hosea 5:15</a> Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.” <a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a> Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/joel/2-12.htm">Joel 2:12-13</a> “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.” / So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster. <a href="/jeremiah/4-1.htm">Jeremiah 4:1</a> “If you will return, O Israel, return to Me,” declares the LORD. “If you will remove your detestable idols from My sight and no longer waver, <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40-42</a> But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— / and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity, / then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land. <a href="/nehemiah/1-8.htm">Nehemiah 1:8-9</a> Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations, / but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’ <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a> and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. <a href="/isaiah/30-18.htm">Isaiah 30:18-19</a> Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him. / O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you. <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a> Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! <a href="/zechariah/1-3.htm">Zechariah 1:3</a> So tell the people that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Return to Me, declares the LORD of Hosts, and I will return to you, says the LORD of Hosts.’ <a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-8</a> Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. <a href="/luke/15-17.htm">Luke 15:17-20</a> Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death! / I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. / I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’ ... <a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a> Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away, <a href="/romans/10-9.htm">Romans 10:9-13</a> that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. / For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved. / It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come on you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the LORD your God, and shall be obedient to his voice;all these<a href="/1_kings/8-46.htm">1 Kings 8:46-53</a> If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near; … <a href="/2_chronicles/6-36.htm">2 Chronicles 6:36-39</a> If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near; … <a href="/daniel/9-11.htm">Daniel 9:11-19</a> Yea, all Israel have transgressed thy law, even by departing, that they might not obey thy voice; therefore the curse is poured upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him… are come upon thee.<a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Deuteronomy 31:17</a> Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?<a href="/exodus/18-8.htm">Exodus 18:8</a> And Moses told his father in law all that the LORD had done unto Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.in the latter<a href="/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29</a> For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.<a href="/genesis/49-1.htm">Genesis 49:1</a> And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.<a href="/numbers/24-20.htm">Numbers 24:20</a> And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.if thou<a href="/deuteronomy/30-10.htm">Deuteronomy 30:10</a> If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.<a href="/lamentations/3-40.htm">Lamentations 3:40</a> Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.<a href="/hosea/14-2.htm">Hosea 14:2,3</a> Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips… obedient<a href="/isaiah/1-19.htm">Isaiah 1:19</a> If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:<a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23</a> But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.<a href="/zechariah/6-15.htm">Zechariah 6:15</a> And they that are far off shall come and build in the temple of the LORD, and ye shall know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto you. And this shall come to pass, if ye will diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/2-19.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-3.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-26.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/numbers/24-20.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/numbers/27-20.htm">Obedient</a> <a href="/numbers/27-20.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-4.htm">Oppression</a> <a href="/revelation/7-14.htm">Tribulation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-19.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-1.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-15.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/numbers/23-13.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/28-53.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-1.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-12.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-27.htm">Hearkened</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-20.htm">Obedient</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-27.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-7.htm">Oppression</a> <a href="/judges/10-14.htm">Tribulation</a> <a href="/joshua/6-18.htm">Trouble</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-30.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-39.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-33.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/23-13.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 4</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">An exhortation to obedience</a> 41. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan</a> 44. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-44.htm">Recapitulation</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>When you are in distress This phrase refers to the times of trouble and hardship that the Israelites would face as a result of their disobedience to God's commandments. Historically, Israel experienced distress during periods of exile and oppression, such as the Babylonian captivity. Theologically, distress is often seen as a consequence of turning away from God, serving as a call to repentance.and all these things have happened to you This refers to the curses and consequences outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, which would befall Israel if they failed to keep the covenant. These included defeat by enemies, famine, and exile. The historical fulfillment of these warnings can be seen in the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles. This serves as a reminder of the seriousness of covenant faithfulness.then in later days The phrase "later days" often points to a future time of restoration and hope. In prophetic literature, it can refer to the eschatological future when God will restore His people. This can be connected to the Messianic hope and the ultimate redemption through Jesus Christ, who brings about the new covenant.you will return to the LORD your God This indicates repentance and a turning back to God. The concept of returning is central to the biblical theme of repentance, where the people acknowledge their sins and seek God's forgiveness. This is echoed in the prophetic calls to return to God found in books like Hosea and Joel.and listen to His voice Listening to God's voice implies obedience and submission to His will. In the biblical context, hearing God's voice is associated with receiving His commandments and guidance. This is reminiscent of the Shema in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-4.htm">Deuteronomy 6:4-5</a>, which calls Israel to hear and obey. In the New Testament, Jesus emphasizes the importance of hearing and following His teachings, as seen in <a href="/john/10-27.htm">John 10:27</a>, where His followers are described as His sheep who listen to His voice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The speaker of this passage, Moses is addressing the Israelites, reminding them of their covenant with God and the consequences of disobedience. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The audience of Moses' message, they are God's chosen people who are about to enter the Promised Land. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who promises to be with His people if they return to Him. 4. <a href="/topical/d/distress.htm">Distress</a> Refers to the hardships and trials that the Israelites will face as a result of their disobedience. 5. <a href="/topical/l/later_days.htm">Later Days</a> A prophetic reference to future times when the Israelites will experience distress and have the opportunity to return to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_return.htm">The Call to Return</a> God’s invitation to return is always open, no matter how far we have strayed. This reflects His grace and mercy. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_as_a_response.htm">Obedience as a Response</a> True repentance involves not just returning to God but also obeying His voice. This is a call to align our actions with His will. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_distress.htm">The Role of Distress</a> Distress can be a catalyst for spiritual awakening and repentance. It often leads us to recognize our need for God. <a href="/topical/h/hope_in_prophecy.htm">Hope in Prophecy</a> The mention of "later days" provides hope that God’s promises extend into the future, encouraging us to trust in His faithfulness. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a> Our relationship with God is covenantal, requiring commitment and faithfulness, but also offering forgiveness and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 4</a> <a href="/q/why_does_suffering_exist_if_god_is_loving.htm">How can suffering exist with a loving, omnipotent God?</a> <a href="/q/key_principles_of_the_palestinian_covenant.htm">What are the key principles of the Palestinian Covenant?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_it_mean_to_praise_god.htm">What does it mean to praise God?</a> <a href="/q/is_free_will_key_to_god's_governance.htm">Is human free will central to God's moral governance?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 30. - In the latter days; in the afterward of days (בְּאַחֲריִת הַיָּמִים; "end," <a href="/deuteronomy/11-12.htm">Deuteronomy 11:12</a>)-a phase used sometimes to designate the times of the Messiah (<a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2</a>; <a href="/hosea/3-5.htm">Hosea 3:5</a>; comp. <a href="/acts/2-17.htm">Acts 2:17</a>; <a href="/1_peter/1-20.htm">1 Peter 1:20</a>; <a href="/hebrews/1-1.htm">Hebrews 1:1</a>; <a href="/1_john/2-18.htm">1 John 2:18</a>); but here, as generally, it simply indicates futurity, the time to come (cf. <a href="/genesis/49-1.htm">Genesis 49:1</a>; <a href="/numbers/24-14.htm">Numbers 24:14</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29</a>, etc.). This, however, may include the far distant future, and so points to the time when Israel shall finally return to the Lord and be saved, through the acknowledgment of him whom they despised and rejected when he came as the Messiah promised to the fathers. As St. Paul grounds the assurance of the final redemption of Israel, as a whole, on their calling of God (<a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Romans 11:26-29</a>), so Moses here sees in God's covenant the ground of the ever-watchful care and grace of God to Israel, and the security of their final restoration as a nation. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>When you are in distress בַּצַּ֣ר (baṣ·ṣar) Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6862.htm">Strong's 6862: </a> Narrow, a tight place, a pebble, an opponent and all כֹּ֖ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every these הָאֵ֑לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh) Article | Pronoun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> These, those things הַדְּבָרִ֣ים (had·də·ḇā·rîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause have happened to you, וּמְצָא֕וּךָ (ū·mə·ṣā·’ū·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present then in later בְּאַחֲרִית֙ (bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_319.htm">Strong's 319: </a> The last, end, the future, posterity days הַיָּמִ֔ים (hay·yā·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day you will return וְשַׁבְתָּ֙ (wə·šaḇ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> To turn back, in, to retreat, again to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and listen וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ (wə·šā·ma‘·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently to His voice. בְּקֹלֽוֹ׃ (bə·qō·lōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6963.htm">Strong's 6963: </a> A voice, sound <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 4:30 When you are in oppression and all (Deut. 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