Parallel Verses
NET Bible
The tribes go up there, the tribes of the Lord, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the Lord.
New American Standard Bible
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
King James Version
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
Holman Bible
to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
(This is an ordinance for Israel.
International Standard Version
To it the tribes ascend the tribes of the LORD as decreed to Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
A Conservative Version
where the tribes go up, even the tribes of LORD, [for] an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of LORD.
American Standard Version
Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, For an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.
Amplified
To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the Lord,
[As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel,
To give thanks to the name of the Lord.
Darby Translation
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of Jah, a testimony to Israel, to give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.
Julia Smith Translation
There the tribes went up, the tribes of Jah, the testimonies to Israel, to confess to the name of Jehovah.
King James 2000
Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
Lexham Expanded Bible
where [the] tribes go up, the tribes of Yah [as] a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
Modern King James verseion
where the tribes go up, the tribes of Jehovah, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of Jehovah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For there the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, to testify unto Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
New Heart English Bible
where the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
The Emphasized Bible
Whither have come up the tribes, The tribes of Yah, A testimony to Israel, To give thanks unto the Name of Yahweh:
Webster
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.
World English Bible
where the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh.
Youngs Literal Translation
For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.
Themes
Attendance » Reasons for » Blessing pronounced upon
Feasts » Instituted by moses » Kept with rejoicing
Feasts » Instituted by moses » All males were required to attend
the anniversary Feasts » Were eucharistic
Jerusalem » The jews » Went up to, at the feasts
References
Watsons
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 122:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer For Jerusalem
3 Jerusalem is a city designed to accommodate an assembly. 4 The tribes go up there, the tribes of the Lord, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the Lord. 5 Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your males must appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Temporary Shelters; and they must not appear before him empty-handed.
Exodus 23:17
At three times in the year all your males will appear before the Lord God.
Exodus 16:34
Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping.
Exodus 26:33-34
You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain. The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.
Exodus 32:15
Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. The tablets were written on both sides -- they were written on the front and on the back.
Exodus 34:23-24
At three times in the year all your men must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
Deuteronomy 12:5
But you must seek only the place he chooses from all your tribes to establish his name as his place of residence, and you must go there.
Deuteronomy 12:11
Then you must come to the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to reside, bringing everything I am commanding you -- your burnt offerings, sacrifices, tithes, the personal offerings you have prepared, and all your choice votive offerings which you devote to him.
Psalm 66:13-16
I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you,
Psalm 78:68
He chose the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loves.
Psalm 107:1-3
Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, and his loyal love endures!
Psalm 116:17-19
I will present a thank offering to you, and call on the name of the Lord.
Psalm 118:19
Open for me the gates of the just king's temple! I will enter through them and give thanks to the Lord.
Psalm 132:13
Certainly the Lord has chosen Zion; he decided to make it his home.