Deuteronomy 30:3
What does Deuteronomy 30:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 30:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000that 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.
KJV
King James Version · 1611That 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901that 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Then 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.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862then hath Jehovah thy God turned back <FI>to<Fi> 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.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The Lord thy God will bring back again thy captivity, and will have mercy on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations, into which he scattered thee before.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890that then Jehovah thyGod will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will gather thee again from all the peoples whither Jehovah thyGod hath scattered thee.
Context
v.2and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;
v.3This passage
v.4If any of thine outcasts be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will Jehovah thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 31:10
Hear the word of Jehovah, 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 11:23
And they also, if they continue not in their unbelief, shall be grafted in: for God is able to graft them in again.
- Zechariah 8:7
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;
- Isaiah 56:8
The Lord Jehovah, who gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith, Yet will I gather others to him, besides his own that are gathered.
- Ezekiel 34:12
As a shepherd seeketh out his flock in the day that he is among his sheep that are scattered abroad, so will I seek out my sheep; and I will deliver them out of all places whither they have been scattered in the cloudy and dark day.
- Psalms 126:1
When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.
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