Deuteronomy 4:29

29 But if you look for the LORD your God when you are among those nations, you will find him whenever you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 4:29 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:29

But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God
By prayer and supplication, acknowledging and confessing sin, and desiring that God would be gracious and forgive it, and bring them out of their miserable condition; even if out of those depths of affliction and distress, and though scattered about in the world, and in the uttermost parts of it:

thou shalt find him;
to be a God hearing and answering prayer, gracious and merciful, ready to help and deliver:

if they seek him with all their heart and with all their soul;
sincerely and affectionately.

Deuteronomy 4:29 In-Context

27 The LORD will scatter you among the people of the world, and only a few of you will be left among the nations where the LORD will force you to live.

28 There you will worship wooden and stone gods made by human hands. These gods can't see, hear, eat, or smell.

29 But if you look for the LORD your God when you are among those nations, you will find him whenever you search for him with all your heart and with all your soul.

30 When you're in distress and all these things happen to you, then you will finally come back to the LORD your God and obey him.

31 The LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not abandon you, destroy you, or forget the promise to your ancestors that he swore he would keep.