Deuteronomy 30:3
That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
Deuteronomy 30:3 in other translations
| BSB | then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you. |
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| WEB | that then the LORD your God will release you from captivity, have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. |
| ASV | that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee. |
| YLT | then hath Jehovah thy God turned back to thy captivity, and pitied thee, yea, He hath turned back and gathered thee out of all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee. |
| DARBY | that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will gather thee again from all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee. |
| BBE | Then the Lord will have pity on you, changing your fate, and taking you back again from among all the nations where you have been forced to go. |
| Webster | That then the LORD thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee. |
What does Deuteronomy 30:3 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 30:1-10
De 30:1-10. Great Mercies Promised unto the Penitent. 1-10. when all these things are come upon thee, ... and thou shalt return ... then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity--The hopes of the Hebrew people are ardently directed to this promise, and they confidently expect that God, commiserating their forlorn and fallen condition, will yet rescue them from all the evils of their long dispersion. They do not…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 30:1-10
In this chapter is a plain intimation of the mercy God has in store for Israel in the latter days. This passage refers to the prophetic warnings of the last two chapters, which have been mainly fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, and in their dispersion to the present day; and there can be no doubt that the prophetic promise contained in these verses yet remain to come to pass. The Jewish nation…
Deuteronomy 30:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 30:3
- Jeremiah 29:14
And I will be found of you, saith the Lord: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the Lord; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
- Ezekiel 36:24
For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.
- Psalms 147:2
The Lord doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
- Ezekiel 34:12-13
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered; so will I seek out my sheep, and will deliver them out of all places where they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day. And I will bring them out from the people, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
- Lamentations 3:32
But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.
- Zechariah 8:7-8
Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country; And I will bring them, and they shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, in truth and in righteousness.
- Lamentations 3:22
It is of the Lord’s mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.
- Jeremiah 32:37-44
Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: And they shall be my people, and I will be their God: And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. …
- Jeremiah 31:10
Hear the word of the Lord, O ye nations, and declare it in the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.
- Romans 11:31
Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.
- Romans 11:23
And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.
- Psalms 106:45-47
And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies. He made them also to be pitied of all those that carried them captives. Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the heathen, to give thanks unto thy holy name, and to triumph in thy praise.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ps 106:45-47; 126:1-4; Isa 56:8; Jer 29:14; 31:10; La 3:22,32
Ro 11:23,26,31
gather thee.This seems to refer to a more extensive captivity than that which the Jews suffered in Babylon.
Ezr 1:1-4; Ps 147:2; Jer 32:37-44; Eze 34:12,13; 36:24; Zec 8:7,8
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Context
- Deuteronomy 30:2
And shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul;
- Deuteronomy 30:3
That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
- Deuteronomy 30:4
If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
Deuteronomy 30:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Jehová también volverá tus cautivos, y tendrá misericordia de ti, y tornará á recogerte de todos los pueblos á los cuales te hubiere esparcido Jehová tu Dios. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il arrivera que l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, rétablira tes captifs, et aura pitié de toi; et il te rassemblera de nouveau d’entre tous les peuples, où l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, t’avait dispersé. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so wird Jehova, dein Gott, deine Gefangenschaft wenden und sich deiner erbarmen; und er wird dich wiederum sammeln aus all den Völkern, wohin Jehova, dein Gott, dich zerstreut hat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | reducet Dominus Deus tuus captivitatem tuam, ac miserebitur tui, et rursum congregabit te de cunctis populis, in quos te ante dispersit. |