Isaiah 55:6 “Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.”

Isaiah 55:6

Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

World English Bible

Seek the LORD while he may be found. Call on him while he is near.

American Standard Version

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:

Geneva Bible 1599

Seeke ye the Lord while he may be found: call ye vpon him while he is neere.

Darby Translation

Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.

Young's Literal Translation

Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,

Bible in Basic English

Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:

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Cross references

“Seek”

Jeremiah 29:12–14 Isaiah 45:19 Psalm 32:6 Psalm 14:2 Amos 5:6 1 Chronicles 28:9

Jeremiah 29:12–14 · BSB

Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Isaiah 45:19 · BSB

I have not spoken in secret, from a place in a land of darkness. I did not say to the descendants of Jacob, ‘Seek Me in a wasteland.’ I, the LORD, speak the truth; I say what is right.

Psalm 32:6 · BSB

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

Psalm 14:2 · BSB

The LORD looks down from heaven upon the sons of men to see if any understand, if any seek God.

Amos 5:6 · BSB

Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

1 Chronicles 28:9 · BSB

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be fou…

“while he is near”

Psalm 145:18 Deuteronomy 4:7 Isaiah 46:13 Psalm 148:14 Ezekiel 8:6 Psalm 75:1

Psalm 145:18 · BSB

The LORD is near to all who call on Him, to all who call out to Him in truth.

Deuteronomy 4:7 · BSB

For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

Isaiah 46:13 · BSB

I am bringing My righteousness near; it is not far away, and My salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion and adorn Israel with My splendor.

Psalm 148:14 · BSB

He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!

Ezekiel 8:6 · BSB

“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”

Psalm 75:1 · BSB

We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.

Also

Isaiah 65:24 Isaiah 49:8

Isaiah 65:24 · BSB

Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Isaiah 49:8 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its des…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”

7Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.

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