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And if you search for him with all your heart and soul, you will find him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find <i>him</i>, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find <i>Him</i> if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find <i>Him</i> if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find <i>Him</i> if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But from there you will seek Yahweh your God, and you will find <i>Him</i>, for you will search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But from there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find <i>Him</i> if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But from thence ye shall seek Jehovah thy God, and thou shalt find him, when thou searchest after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But if from thence ye shall seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou search after him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But if you look for the LORD your God when you are among those nations, you will find him whenever you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />There you will look for the LORD your God, and if you search for him with all your heart, you will find him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If from there you will seek the LORD your God, then you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and soul. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But if you seek the LORD your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But from there you shall seek the LORD your God, and you shall find him, when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou shalt seek him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have sought your God YHWH from there, and have found [Him] when you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And -- ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and thou didst find, for ye shall seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when thou shalt seek there the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him: yet so, if thou seek him with all thy heart, and all the affliction of thy soul. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when you will seek the Lord your God in that place, you shall find him, if only you seek him with all your heart, and in all the tribulation of your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Yet when you seek the LORD, your God, from there, you shall indeed find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />From there you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find him if you search after him with all your heart and soul.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But if from there you shall seek the LORD your God, you shall find him, if you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall seek LORD JEHOVAH your God there, and you shall find him when you will search for him from all your heart and from all your soul.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But from thence ye will seek the LORD thy God; and thou shalt find Him, if thou search after Him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And there ye shall seek the Lord your God, and ye shall find him whenever ye shall seek him with all your heart, and with all your soul in your affliction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=1400" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Warning Against Idolatry</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell. <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">But if from there</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1245.htm" title="1245: ū·ḇiq·qaš·tem (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To seek. A primitive root; to search out; by implication, to strive after.">you will seek</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/4672.htm" title="4672: ū·mā·ṣā·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To attain to, find. ">you will find</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Him</a> <a href="/hebrew/1875.htm" title="1875: ṯiḏ·rə·šen·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 3mse) -- A primitive root; properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow; by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship.">if you seek Him</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: bə·ḵāl (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">your heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ū·ḇə·ḵāl (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and with all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: nap̄·še·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">your soul.</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm">Jeremiah 29:13</a></span><br />You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/8-17.htm">Proverbs 8:17</a></span><br />I love those who love me, and those who seek me early shall find me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/17-27.htm">Acts 17:27</a></span><br />God intended that they would seek Him and perhaps reach out for Him and find Him, though He is not far from each one of us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6</a></span><br />Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-8.htm">James 4:8</a></span><br />Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/15-2.htm">2 Chronicles 15:2</a></span><br />So he went out to meet Asa and said to him, “Listen to me, Asa and all Judah and Benjamin. The LORD is with you when you are with Him. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will forsake you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-6.htm">Hebrews 11:6</a></span><br />And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-2.htm">Psalm 119:2</a></span><br />Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_chronicles/28-9.htm">1 Chronicles 28:9</a></span><br />As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-9.htm">Luke 11:9-10</a></span><br />So I tell you: 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-25.htm">Lamentations 3:25</a></span><br />The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-4.htm">Amos 5:4</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says to the house of Israel: “Seek Me and live!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/4-23.htm">John 4:23-24</a></span><br />But a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and in truth, for the Father is seeking such as these to worship Him. / God is Spirit, and His worshipers must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-12.htm">Hosea 10:12</a></span><br />Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But if from there you shall seek the LORD your God, you shall find him, if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.</p><p class="hdg">But if</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/30-10.htm">Deuteronomy 30:10</a></b></br> 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, <i>and</i> if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-39.htm">Leviticus 26:39-42</a></b></br> And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/15-4.htm">2 Chronicles 15:4,15</a></b></br> But when they in their trouble did turn unto the LORD God of Israel, and sought him, he was found of them… </p><p class="hdg">with all</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Deuteronomy 30:1-3</a></b></br> And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call <i>them</i> to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-47.htm">1 Kings 8:47,48</a></b></br> <i>Yet</i> if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/10-31.htm">2 Kings 10:31</a></b></br> But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the LORD God of Israel with all his heart: for he departed not from the sins of Jeroboam, which made Israel to sin.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/4-15.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/numbers/35-5.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-33.htm">Search</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-4.htm">Searchest</a> <a href="/numbers/13-25.htm">Searching</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-33.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/genesis/37-15.htm">Seekest</a> <a href="/numbers/35-23.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-9.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/numbers/23-27.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-16.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/4-36.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-47.htm">Lands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-14.htm">Search</a> <a href="/job/10-6.htm">Searchest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-12.htm">Searching</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Seek</a> <a href="/judges/4-22.htm">Seekest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-10.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-22.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">An exhortation to obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan</a></span><br><span class="reftext">44. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/4-44.htm">Recapitulation</a></span><br></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'; 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In the context of Deuteronomy, "there" refers to the place of exile or dispersion due to disobedience. Historically, the Israelites faced exile as a consequence of turning away from God. This phrase sets the stage for repentance and return, emphasizing God's readiness to restore His people even from distant lands.<p><b>you will seek the LORD your God</b><br>Seeking God implies a deliberate and intentional effort to return to Him. In the ancient Near Eastern context, seeking a deity involved prayer, worship, and adherence to divine laws. This phrase underscores the personal relationship between the Israelites and Yahweh, their covenant God. It echoes the call to seek God found in other scriptures, such as <a href="/jeremiah/29-13.htm">Jeremiah 29:13</a> and <a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6</a>, highlighting the consistent biblical theme of returning to God.<p><b>you will find Him</b><br>This assurance of finding God upon seeking Him is a promise of divine faithfulness. It reflects the covenant relationship where God remains accessible and willing to be found by those who earnestly seek Him. The certainty of finding God is a recurring theme in the Bible, reinforcing the idea that God is not distant or hidden from those who turn to Him.<p><b>if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul</b><br>This condition emphasizes the sincerity and totality of the search for God. The heart and soul represent the entirety of one's being, indicating that seeking God requires complete devotion and commitment. This mirrors the Shema in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a>, which commands loving God with all one's heart, soul, and strength. It points to the necessity of wholehearted devotion in the relationship with God, a theme that is central to the teachings of Jesus Christ, who reiterated the greatest commandment in <a href="/matthew/22-37.htm">Matthew 22:37</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The speaker of this verse, Moses is addressing the Israelites, reminding them of the importance of seeking God wholeheartedly.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The audience of Moses' message, they are on the brink of entering the Promised Land and are being warned about the consequences of turning away from God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_promised_land.htm">The Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which the Israelites are about to enter, serves as the backdrop for Moses' exhortation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The central figure whom the Israelites are encouraged to seek with all their heart and soul.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/e/exile.htm">Exile</a></b><br>The context of the warning implies a future time when the Israelites might be scattered due to disobedience, yet they are promised restoration if they seek God sincerely.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/w/wholehearted_seeking.htm">Wholehearted Seeking</a></b><br>The verse emphasizes the importance of seeking God with all your heart and soul. This means prioritizing God above all else in life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/promise_of_finding.htm">Promise of Finding</a></b><br>There is a divine promise that those who genuinely seek God will find Him. This assurance should motivate believers to pursue a deeper relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>The context suggests that even in times of failure or exile, turning back to God with sincerity leads to restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_devotion.htm">Personal Devotion</a></b><br>Encourage personal reflection on what it means to seek God wholeheartedly in daily life, including prayer, study, and obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_encouragement.htm">Community Encouragement</a></b><br>As a community, believers should support one another in the journey of seeking God, fostering environments that encourage spiritual growth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_response_to_wrong_requests.htm">Will you seek me and live?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/orthodox_church_history.htm">Will you find me when you seek wholeheartedly?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/will_you_find_me_if_you_truly_seek.htm">Will you find me when you seek wholeheartedly?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/will_you_seek_me_and_live.htm">Will you seek me and live?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 29.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">With all thy heart and with all thy soul.</span> As true religion consists in loving the Lord with all the heart and soul, the whole inner nature (<a href="/deuteronomy/6-5.htm">Deuteronomy 6:5</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/10-12.htm">Deuteronomy 10:12</a>), so true repentance consists in a turning from sin and all ungodliness to God, in a coming from a state of enmity to him, or of indifference to his claims, to honor, reverence, and serve him intelligently and sincerely, thinking of him aright, adoring his perfections, delighting in him u the alone good, giving to him that honor which is his due, and doing his will from the heart (cf. <a href="/2_chronicles/15-15.htm">2 Chronicles 15:15</a>). When men have apostatized from God, it is often by means of "tribulation" that they are brought to a right state of mind towards him, and to a true repentance "not to be repented of;" and to effect this is the design of all the chastisements which God sends on his own people (<a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-11</a>; cf. <a href="/jeremiah/24-7.htm">Jeremiah 24:7</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/29-10.htm">Jeremiah 29:10-13</a>; L 4, etc.; <a href="/ezekiel/6-11.htm">Ezekiel 6:11</a>, etc.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But if from there</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשָּׁ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(miš·šām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> </span><span class="str2">There, then, thither</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will seek</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇiq·qaš·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1245.htm">Strong's 1245: </a> </span><span class="str2">To search out, to strive after</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your God,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will find</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמָצָ֑אתָ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mā·ṣā·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Him</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">if you seek</span><br /><span class="heb">תִדְרְשֶׁ֔נּוּ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯiḏ·rə·šen·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1875.htm">Strong's 1875: </a> </span><span class="str2">To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Him with all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your heart</span><br /><span class="heb">לְבָבְךָ֖</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inner man, mind, will, heart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and all</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḵāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your soul.</span><br /><span class="heb">נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(nap̄·še·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 4:29 But from there you shall seek Yahweh (Deut. 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