KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
that then Yahweh your God will turn your captivity, and have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples, where Yahweh your God has scattered you.
ASV American Standard Version
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 Young’s Literal Translation
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.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 30
1 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 [them] to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
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;
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.
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:
5 And the LORD thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.
6 And the LORD thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
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וְשָׁ֨בH7725 · shuvto return: returnיְהוָ֧הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֛יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁבוּתְךָ֖H7622 · she.vutcaptivityוְרִחֲמֶ֑ךָH7355 · ra.chamto have compassionוְשָׁ֗בH7725 · shuvto return: returnוְקִבֶּצְךָ֙H6908 · qa.vatsto gatherמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallהָ֣עַמִּ֔יםH5971 · ampeopleאֲשֶׁ֧רH834 · a.sherwhichהֱפִֽיצְךָ֛H6327 · putsto scatterיְהוָ֥הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָH430 · e.lo.himGodשָֽׁמָּה׃H8033 · shamthere
Cross-references
Jeremiah 29:14And 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 36:24For I will take you from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, and will bring you into your own land.Psalm 147:2The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.Lamentations 3:32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.Ezekiel 34:12-13As 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.Zechariah 8:7-8Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will save my people from the east country, and from the west country;Jeremiah 31:10Hear 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.Lamentations 3:22[It is of] the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not.Romans 11:31Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.Jeremiah 32:37-44Behold, 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:Romans 11:23And they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for God is able to graff them in again.Romans 11:26And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:Isaiah 56:8The Lord GOD which gathereth the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will I gather [others] to him, beside those that are gathered unto him.Psalm 106:45-47And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.Psalm 126:1-4A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.Ezra 1:1-4Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,
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