Isaiah 55:6

In 11 translations

BSB

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

KJV

¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

WEB

Seek Yahweh while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

ASV

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

LSV

Seek YHWH while He may be found, || Call Him while He is near,

YLT

Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,

DBY

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.

DRC

Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.

GNV

Seeke ye the Lord while he may be found: call ye vpon him while he is neere.

JPS

Seek ye the LORD while He may be found, call ye upon Him while He is near;

LXXE

Seek ye the Lord, and when ye find him, call upon him; and when he shall draw nigh to you,

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Original-language editions

WLC

דִּרְשׁ֥וּ יְהוָ֖ה בְּהִמָּצְא֑וֹ קְרָאֻ֖הוּ בִּֽהְיוֹת֥וֹ קָרֽוֹב׃

LXX-Br

Ζητήσατε τὸν Κύριον, καὶ ἐν τῷ εὑρίσκειν αὐτὸν, ἐπικαλέσασθε· ἡνίκα δʼ ἂν ἐγγίζῃ ὑμῖν,

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• Jeremiah 29:12–14Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you…
• Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.
• Isaiah 45:19I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.
• Psalms 32:6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
• Psalms 14:2The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.
• Isaiah 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
• Matthew 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
• 2 Corinthians 6:1–2As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day…
• Amos 5:6Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.
• Psalms 27:8My heart said, “Seek His face.” Your face, O LORD, I will seek.
• 1 Chronicles 28:9As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be…
• John 12:35–36Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.…
• Hebrews 2:3how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
• Job 8:5But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,
• Deuteronomy 4:7For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
• John 7:33–34So Jesus said, “I am with you only a little while longer, and then I am going to the One who sent Me. You will look for Me, but you will not find Me; and where I am, you cannot come.”

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