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Deuteronomy 30:2

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;
Deuteronomy 30:2 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB and return to Yahweh your God, and obey his voice according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;
  • BSB and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
  • NKJV and you return to the Lord your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul,
  • NASB and you return to the Lord your God and obey Him with all your heart and soul in accordance with everything that I am commanding you today, you and your sons,
  • NLT If at that time you and your children return to the Lord your God, and if you obey with all your heart and all your soul all the commands I have given you today,

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Quick answer

If they return to God and obey wholeheartedly, restoration follows. Genuine, heartfelt repentance is the way back to God.

Overview

Moses describes the turning point: returning to the Lord and obeying 'with all your heart, and with all your soul.' True repentance is whole-souled, not merely outward. This call to wholehearted return runs throughout Scripture and is answered in the gospel, where God grants both the repentance and the new heart that enable such return.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 22

  • Joel 2:12–13Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
  • Deut 4:28–31And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
  • Neh 1:9But if ye turn unto me, and keep my commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out unto the uttermost part of the heaven, yet will I gather them from thence, and will bring them unto the place that I have chosen to set my name there.
  • 1 Jn 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
  • Eph 6:24Grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Amen.
  • Lam 3:40Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the LORD.
  • 2 Cor 3:16Nevertheless when it shall turn to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away.
  • 1 Chr 29:9Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.
  • Jer 3:10And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD.
  • Deut 6:5And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
  • Jer 4:14O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?
  • Hos 3:5Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
  • Ps 41:12And as for me, thou upholdest me in mine integrity, and settest me before thy face for ever.
  • Zech 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
  • Ps 119:80Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
  • Hos 6:1–2Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
  • Jer 29:13And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.
  • Isa 55:6–7Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
  • Hos 14:1–3O Israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
  • 1 Chr 29:17I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee.
  • Deut 13:3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
  • Lam 3:32But though he cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the multitude of his mercies.

Themes, concepts, people & topics

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Deuteronomy videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.

  • VideoWatch teaching on Deuteronomy 30:2YouTube · Lay · Free

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  • CommentaryEnduring Word — verse-by-verseDavid Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical

    Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.

  • CommentaryClassic commentaries for this verseBibleHub (20+ works) · Pastoral · Free

    Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.

  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on DeuteronomyMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).

How Deuteronomy 30:2 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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