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Jeremiah’s Letter to the Exiles

Jeremiah 29:12

In 10 translations

BSB
Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
KJV
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
WEB
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
ASV
And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
LSV
And you have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed to Me, and I have listened to you,
YLT
'And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,
DBY
And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;
DRC
And you shall call upon me, and you shall go: and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you.
GNV
Then shall you crie vnto mee, and ye shall go and pray vnto me, and I will heare you,
JPS
And ye shall call upon Me, and go, and pray unto Me, and I will hearken unto you.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וּקְרָאתֶ֤ם אֹתִי֙ וַֽהֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּ֖ם אֵלָ֑י וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖י אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 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.
  • Jeremiah 33:3Call to Me, and I will answer and show you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
  • Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
  • Psalms 145:19He fulfills the desires of those who fear Him; He hears their cry and saves them.
  • Psalms 10:17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,
  • Isaiah 65:24Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
  • Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our…
  • Jeremiah 31:9They will come with weeping, and by their supplication I will lead them; I will make them walk beside streams of waters, on a level path where they will not stumble. For I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is My…
  • Isaiah 30:19O people in Zion who dwell in Jerusalem, you will weep no more. He will surely be gracious when you cry for help; when He hears, He will answer you.
  • Daniel 9:3–19So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His…
  • Ezekiel 36:37This is what the Lord GOD says: Once again I will hear the plea of the house of Israel and do for them this: I will multiply their people like a flock.
  • Psalms 102:16–17For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory. He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.
  • Nehemiah 2:4–20“What is your request?” replied the king. So I prayed to the God of heaven and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city…

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