Jeremiah 29 · Verse 13

Jeremiah 29:13

And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:13, King James Version

Jeremiah 29:13 in other translations

BSBYou will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart.
WEBYou shall seek me and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
ASVAnd ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
YLTAnd ye have sought Me, and have found, for ye seek Me with all your heart;
DARBYand ye shall seek me and find me, for ye shall search for me with all your heart,
BBEAnd you will be searching for me and I will be there, when you have gone after me with all your heart.
WebsterAnd ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

What does Jeremiah 29:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. (Le 26:40-42, 44, 45).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 29:8-19

Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in their sins, because they love to be flattered; and they speak smoothly to their prophets, that their prophets may speak smoothly to them. God promises that they should return after seventy years were accomplished. By this it…

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Jeremiah 29:13 in the original Hebrew

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וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥םu.vi.kash.Temand you will seekH1245
אֹתִ֖י'o.Ti<obj.> meH853
וּמְצָאתֶ֑םu.me.tza.Temand you will find [me]H4672
כִּ֥יkiifH3588
תִדְרְשֻׁ֖נִיtid.re.Shu.niyou will seek meH1875
בְּכָל\־be.kholwith allH3605
לְבַבְכֶֽם\׃le.vav.Khemheart yourH3824

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Cross references for Jeremiah 29:13

  • Deuteronomy 4:29-31

    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.

  • Psalms 119:2

    Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

  • Matthew 7:7

    Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

  • Psalms 119:10

    With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.

  • Jeremiah 24:7

    And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

  • Joel 2:12

    Therefore also now, saith the Lord, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:

  • Psalms 91:15

    He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

  • Luke 11:9-10

    And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

  • Isaiah 55:6-7

    Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near: Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

  • Psalms 119:145

    ק KOPH. I cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy statutes.

  • 2 Chronicles 31:21

    And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.

  • Psalms 119:58

    I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye shall.
Le 26:40-45; De 4:29-31; 30:1-20; 1Ki 8:47-50; 2Ch 6:37-39
Ps 91:15; Isa 55:6,7; Ho 5:15; 6:1-3; Am 5:4-6; Zep 2:1-3
Lu 11:9,10
with.
3:10; 24:7; De 30:2,10; 1Ki 2:4; 2Ki 23:3; 2Ch 22:9; 31:21
Ps 119:2,10,58,69,145; Joe 2:12; Ac 8:37

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Context

  • Jeremiah 29:12

    Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.

  • Jeremiah 29:13

    And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

  • 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.

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Jeremiah 29:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y me buscaréis y hallaréis, porque me buscaréis de todo vuestro corazón.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et vous me chercherez, et vous me trouverez, car vous me rechercherez de tout votre cœur,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihr werdet mich suchen und finden, denn ihr werdet nach mir fragen mit eurem ganzen Herzen
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quæretis me, et invenietis, cum quæsieritis me in toto corde vestro.