Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.

King James Version

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

Holman Bible

Because of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.

International Standard Version

For the sake of the Temple of the LORD our God, I will seek your welfare. A Song of Ascents

A Conservative Version

For the sake of the house of LORD our God I will seek thy good.

American Standard Version

For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

Amplified


For the sake of the house of the Lord our God [which is Jerusalem],
I will seek your (the city’s) good.

Darby Translation

Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

Julia Smith Translation

For sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek out good for thee.

King James 2000

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek your good.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

Modern King James verseion

Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek your good.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Yea because of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek to do thee good.

NET Bible

For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.

New Heart English Bible

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your good.

The Emphasized Bible

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, will I seek blessing for thee.

Webster

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

World English Bible

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good. A Song of Ascents.

Youngs Literal Translation

For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!

Context Readings

A Prayer For Jerusalem

8 For the sake of my brothers and my friends,
I will now say, “May peace be within you.”
9 For the sake of the house of the Lord our God,
I will seek your good.


Cross References

Nehemiah 2:10

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about it, it was very displeasing to them that someone had come to seek the welfare of the sons of Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:3

Moreover, in my delight in the house of my God, the treasure I have of gold and silver, I give to the house of my God, over and above all that I have already provided for the holy temple,

Nehemiah 13:14

Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my loyal deeds which I have performed for the house of my God and its services.

Esther 10:3

For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and in favor with his many kinsmen, one who sought the good of his people and one who spoke for the welfare of his whole nation.

Psalm 26:8

O Lord, I love the habitation of Your house
And the place where Your glory dwells.

Psalm 69:9

For zeal for Your house has consumed me,
And the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

Psalm 84:1-2

For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
How lovely are Your dwelling places,
O Lord of hosts!

Psalm 84:10

For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside.
I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalm 102:13-14

You will arise and have compassion on Zion;
For it is time to be gracious to her,
For the appointed time has come.

Psalm 137:5-6

If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
May my right hand forget her skill.

John 2:17

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

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