Deuteronomy 30:4 (GNV)

Passage

Though thou werest cast vnto the vtmost part of heauen, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence wil he take thee,

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 30:2 And shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God, and obey his voyce in all that I commaund thee this day: thou, and thy children with all thine heart and with all thy soule,

Deuteronomy 30:3 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.

Deuteronomy 30:4 Though thou werest cast vnto the vtmost part of heauen, from thence will the Lord thy God gather thee, and from thence wil he take thee,

Deuteronomy 30:5 And the Lord thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possesse it, and he will shewe thee fauour, and will multiplie thee aboue thy fathers.

Deuteronomy 30:6 And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seede, that thou mayest loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with al thy soule, that thou maiest liue.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "though", "werest", "cast", "vnto", "vtmost", "part", and "heauen". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "though" and "werest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Then the Lord thy God wil cause..." into verse 5's "And the Lord thy God will bring...", so "though" and "werest" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "though" and "werest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.