Deuteronomy 4:29

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses the Israelites on the plains of Moab, warning that exile will lead to idolatry but will also prompt a future return to Yahweh. He frames this return as a conditional promise contingent upon their active pursuit of God.

The words — The Hebrew verbs וּ/בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם (u./vi.kash.Tem) and וּ/מָצָ֑אתָ (u./ma.Tza.ta) literally mean "you will seek" and "you will find." The text establishes a direct sequence where the act of seeking precedes the act of finding.

The thread — The pattern of seeking God and being found appears in 2 Chronicles 15:4 and Psalms 119:2, which both tie wholehearted pursuit to divine encounter. Jeremiah 29:12 connects this pursuit to God’s promise to listen when the people call upon Him.

Why it lands — The text states that finding God requires seeking Him with all heart and soul. It demands complete personal commitment as the necessary condition for divine response.

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The Hebrew words

וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥םu./vi.kash.Temand/ you will seek מִשָּׁ֛םmi./Shamfrom/ there אֶת־'et-<obj.>יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahweh אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei./khaGod/ your וּמָצָ֑אתָu./ma.Tza.taand/ you will find [him]כִּ֣יkifor תִדְרְשֶׁ֔נּוּtid.re.She./nuyou will seek/ him בְּכָל־be./kholwith/ all לְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve./Khaheart/ your וּבְכָל־u./ve./Khol-and/ with/ all נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃naf.She./khabeing/ your

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Psalms 119:2 Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
2 Chronicles 15:4 But in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought Him, and He was found by them.
Isaiah 55:6 Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Psalms 119:10 With all my heart I have sought You; do not let me stray from Your commandments.
Deuteronomy 30:10 if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Jeremiah 3:12 Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.
1 Kings 8:47 and when they come to their senses in the land to which they were taken, and they repent and plead with You in the land of their captors, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong; we have acted wickedly,’
Deuteronomy 30:1 “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
Psalms 119:145 I call with all my heart; answer me, O LORD! I will obey Your statutes.