11 translations · Hebrew
Jeremiah 29:12
You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
Jeremiah 29:12 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
- KJV King James Version
- Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And you have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed to Me, and I have listened to you,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Then you will call for my help, you will come and pray to me, and I will answer you.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'And ye have called Me, and have gone, and have prayed unto Me, and I have hearkened unto you,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And ye shall call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray to me, and I will hearken to you.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And you shall call upon me, and you shall go: and you shall pray to me, and I will hear you.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| וּקְרָאתֶ֤ם | ū·qə·rā·ṯem | Then you will call | H7121 קָרָא to call: call to |
| אֹתִי֙ | ’ō·ṯî | upon Me | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| וַֽהֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם | wa·hă·laḵ·tem | and come | H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went |
| וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּ֖ם | wə·hiṯ·pal·lal·tem | and pray | H6419 פָּלַל to pray |
| אֵלָ֑י | ’ê·lāy | to Me | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
| וְשָׁמַעְתִּ֖י | wə·šā·ma‘·tî | and I will listen | H8085 שָׁמַע to hear: hear |
| אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃ | ’ă·lê·ḵem | to you | H413 אֶל to(wards) |
Related verses
- Matthew 7:7–8
“Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you. For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
- Jeremiah 33:3
‘Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great and difficult things, which you don’t know.’
- Psalm 50:15
Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- Psalm 145:19
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
- Psalm 10:17
Yahweh, you have heard the desire of the humble. You will prepare their heart. You will cause your ear to hear,
- Isaiah 65:24
It will happen that, before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
- Zechariah 13:9
I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I will hear them. I will say, ‘It is my people;’ and they will say, ‘Yahweh is my God.’”
- Jeremiah 31:9
They will come with weeping. I will lead them with petitions. I will cause them to walk by rivers of waters, in a straight way in which they won’t stumble; for I am a father to Israel. Ephraim is my firstborn.
- Isaiah 30:19
For the people will dwell in Zion at Jerusalem. You will weep no more. He will surely be gracious to you at the voice of your cry. When he hears you, he will answer you.
- Daniel 9:3–19
I set my face to the Lord God, to seek by prayer and petitions, with fasting and sackcloth and ashes. I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, “Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments, we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from your precepts and from your ordinances. …
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In context
10 For Yahweh says, “After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you,” says Yahweh, “thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future.
12 You shall call on me, and you shall go and pray to me, and I will listen to you.
13 You shall seek me, and find me, when you search for me with all your heart.
14 I will be found by you,” says Yahweh, “and I will turn again your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, says Yahweh. I will bring you again to the place from where I caused you to be carried away captive.”
Read all of Jeremiah 29 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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