Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
Holman Bible
call to Him while He is near.
International Standard Version
"Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near.
A Conservative Version
Seek ye LORD while he may be found. Call ye upon him while he is near.
American Standard Version
Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found; call ye upon him while he is near:
Amplified
Seek the Lord while He may be found;
Call on Him [for salvation] while He is near.
Darby Translation
Seek ye Jehovah while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near.
Julia Smith Translation
Seek ye Jehovah in his being found, and call him in his being near.
King James 2000
Seek you the LORD while he may be found, call you upon him while he is near:
Lexham Expanded Bible
Seek Yahweh {while he lets himself be found}; call him {while he is} near.
Modern King James verseion
Seek Jehovah while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Seek the LORD, while he may be found, and call upon him while he is nigh.
NET Bible
Seek the Lord while he makes himself available; call to him while he is nearby!
New Heart English Bible
Seek the LORD while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
The Emphasized Bible
Seek Yahweh while he may be found, - Call ye upon him while he is near:
Webster
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
World English Bible
Seek Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:
Youngs Literal Translation
Seek ye Jehovah, while He is found, Call ye Him, while He is near,
Themes
Access to God » The wicked commanded to seek
Topics
Interlinear
Matsa'
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 55:6
Prayers for Isaiah 55:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Invitation To True Rewards
5 See, you will send for a nation of which you had no knowledge, and those who had no knowledge of you will come running to you, because of the Lord your God, and because of the Holy One of Israel, for he has given you glory. 6 Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near: 7 Let the sinner give up his way, and the evil-doer his purpose: and let him come back to the Lord, and he will have mercy on him; and to our God, for there is full forgiveness with him.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 32:6
For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.
Isaiah 45:19
I have not given my word in secret, in a place in the underworld; I did not say to the seed of Jacob, Go into a waste land to make request of me: I the Lord say what is true, my word is righteousness.
Amos 5:6
Go to the Lord for help so that you may have life; for fear that he may come like fire bursting out in the family of Joseph, causing destruction, and there will be no one to put it out in Beth-el.
2 Corinthians 6:1-2
We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.
Hebrews 2:3
What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;
Deuteronomy 4:7
For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?
2 Chronicles 19:3
But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.
Job 8:5
If you will make search for God with care, and put your request before the Ruler of all;
Psalm 14:2
The Lord was looking down from heaven on the children of men, to see if there were any who had wisdom, searching after God.
Psalm 27:8
When you said, Make search for my face, my heart said to you, For your face will I make my search.
1 Chronicles 28:9
And you, Solomon my son, get knowledge of the God of your father, and be his servant with a true heart and with a strong desire, for the Lord is the searcher of all hearts, and has knowledge of all the designs of men's thoughts; if you make search for him, he will be near you; but if you are turned away from him, he will give you up for ever.
Psalm 75:1
To you, O God, we give praise, to you we give praise: and those who give honour to your name make clear your works of power.
Psalm 95:7
For he is our God; and we are the people to whom he gives food, and the sheep of his flock. Today, if you would only give ear to his voice!
Psalm 148:14
He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.
Isaiah 12:6
Let your voice be sounding in a cry of joy, O daughter of Zion, for great is the Holy One of Israel among you.
Isaiah 46:13
My righteousness is near, it is not far off; salvation will come quickly; and I will make Zion free, and give Israel my glory.
Isaiah 49:8
This is the word of the Lord: I have given ear to you at a good time, and I have been your helper in a day of salvation: and I will keep you safe, and will make you a glory for the people, putting the land in order, and giving them the heritages which now are waste;
Isaiah 65:24
And before they make their request I will give an answer, and while they are still making prayer to me, I will give ear.
Jeremiah 29:12-14
And you will go on crying to me and making prayer to me, and I will give ear to you.
Ezekiel 8:6
And he said to me, Son of man, do you see what they are doing? even the very disgusting things which the children of Israel are doing here, causing me to go far away from my holy place? but you will see other most disgusting things.
Matthew 5:25
Come to an agreement quickly with him who has a cause against you at law, while you are with him on the way, for fear that he may give you up to the judge and the judge may give you to the police and you may be put into prison.
Matthew 7:7-8
Make a request, and it will be answered; what you are searching for you will get; give the sign, and the door will be open to you:
Matthew 25:11-12
After that the other virgins came, saying, Lord, Lord, let us in.
Luke 13:25
When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
John 7:33-34
Then Jesus said, I will be with you a little longer and then I go to him who sent me.
John 8:21
Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.
John 12:35-36
Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.
Ephesians 3:13
For this reason it is my prayer that you may not become feeble because of my troubles for you, which are your glory.
Hebrews 3:13
But give comfort to one another every day as long as it is still Today; so that no one among you may be made hard by the deceit of sin: