Deuteronomy 30:3

Verse

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.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Bible in Basic English

Then the Lord will have pity on you, changing your fate, and taking you back again from among all the nations where you have been forced to go.

Douay-Rheims 1899

The Lord thy God will bring back again thy captivity, and will have mercy on thee, and gather thee again out of all the nations, into which he scattered thee before.

Free Bible Version

He will bring you back home, gathering you from all the nations where he scattered you.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the Lord thy God wil cause thy captiues to returne, and haue compassion vpon thee, and wil returne, to gather thee out of all the people, where the Lord thy God had scattered thee.

King James (Authorized) 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.

One Unity Resource Bible

that then Adonai your God will release you from captivity, have racham ·compassionate love· on you, and will make teshuvah ·complete return· and gather you from all the peoples where Adonai your God has scattered you.

Translation for Translators

he will be merciful to you. He will bring you back from the nations to which he scattered you, and he will cause you to be prosperous again.

Unlocked Literal Bible

then Yahweh your God will reverse your captivity and have compassion on you; he will return and gather you from all the peoples where Yahweh your God has scattered you.

Noah Webster Bible

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.

World English Bible

that then Yahweh your God will release you from captivity, have compassion on you, and will return and gather you from all the peoples where Yahweh your God has scattered you.

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.

Context

The Promise of Restoration

²and 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, ³then 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. ⁴Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.

Sermons

The Kingdom Prophesied

Lewis Sperry Chafer

Why Remain Captive

C.H. Spurgeon

Summary

In this verse, God promises to restore the fortunes of His people and have compassion on them, gathering them back from all the nations where He had scattered them. It reflects God's faithfulness to His covenant with Israel, showing His willingness to bring them back into a place of blessing and prosperity after a time of exile or dispersion. This verse highlights God's sovereignty and mercy, assuring His people that even in times of disobedience and exile, He will not abandon them but will ultimately bring them back to Himself.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion on thee,.... Return them from their captivity, or bring them out of it, both in a temporal and spiritual sense; free them from their present exile, and deliver them from the bondage of sin, Satan, and the law; and all this as the effect of his grace and mercy towards them, and compassion on them; see Jer 30:18; The Targum of Jonathan is,"his Word shall receive with good will your repentance;''it being cordial and unfeigned, and fruits meet for it brought forth: and will return and gather thee from all the nations whither the Lord thy God scattered thee; or, "will again gather thee" (k); as he had gathered them out of all places where they had been scattered, on their return from the Babylonish captivity; so will he again gather them from all the nations of the earth, east, west, north, and south, where they are now dispersed; when they shall turn to the Lord, and seek David their King, the true Messiah. Maimonides (l) understands this passage of their present captivity, and deliverance from it by the Messiah. (k) , Sept. "et rursum congregabit te", V. L. "et iterum colliget te", Piscator. (l) Hilchot Melachim, c. 11. sect. 1.