Deuteronomy 4:31

29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

32 Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?

33 Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.
KJV
(For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
WEB
For the LORD your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.
ASV
for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God; he will not fail thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.
DARBY
for Jehovah thy God is a merciful God, he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he swore unto them.
BLB
for a merciful God [is] YHWH your God—He will not forsake you nor destroy you nor forget the covenant of your fathers that He swore to them.
ÅB
For Herren din Gud er en barmhjertig Gud; han skal ikke slippe deg og ikke la deg gå til grunne; han skal ikke glemme den pakt med dine fedre som han tilsvor dem.
OTB
For Herren deres Gud er en barmhjertig Gud; Han vil ikke forlate eller ødelegge dere eller glemme pakten med deres forfedre, som Han bekreftet for dem med ed.
B1930
For Herren din Gud er en barmhjertig Gud; han skal ikke slippe dig og ikke la dig gå til grunne; han skal ikke glemme den pakt med dine fedre som han tilsvor dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 31:8

    The LORD Himself goes before you; He will be with you. He will never leave you nor forsake you. Do not be afraid or discouraged.”

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  • Psalms 116:5

    The LORD is gracious and righteous; our God is full of compassion.

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  • Nehemiah 9:31

    But in Your great compassion, You did not put an end to them; nor did You forsake them, for You are a gracious and compassionate God.

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  • Jonah 4:2

    So he prayed to the LORD, saying, “O LORD, is this not what I said while I was still in my own country? This is why I was so quick to flee toward Tarshish. I knew that You are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion—One who relents from sending disaster.

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  • 2 Chronicles 30:9

    For if you return to the LORD, your brothers and sons will receive mercy in the presence of their captors and will return to this land. For the LORD your God is gracious and merciful; He will not turn His face away from you if you return to Him.”

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  • Exodus 34:6–7

    Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,

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  • Leviticus 26:42

    then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

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  • Psalms 145:8–9

    The LORD is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and abounding in loving devotion.

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