Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

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

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.

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 brethren and friends, Oh, might I speak saying , Peace be within thee! 9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, will I seek blessing for thee.

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:10

And, when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant the Ammonite, heard of it, it vexed them, with a great vexation, - that there had come a man, to seek welfare, for the sons of Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:3

And yet further, because of my delighting in the house of my God, having a treasure of mine own in gold and silver, I have given for the house of my God, above and beyond all that I have prepared for the holy house:

Nehemiah 13:14

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, - and do not wipe out my lovingkindnesses, which I have done for the house of my God, and for those keeping charge thereof.

Esther 10:3

For, Mordecai the Jew, was next unto King Ahasuerus, and became great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brethren, - seeking happiness for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

Psalm 26:8

O Yahweh, I have loved the asylum of thy house, even the place of the habitation of thy glory!

Psalm 69:9

Because, zeal for thy house, hath eaten me up, And, the reproaches of them who have reproached thee, have fallen upon me.

Psalm 84:1-2

How lovely are thy habitations, O Yahweh of hosts!

Psalm 84:10

For better is a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.

Psalm 102:13-14

Thou, wilt arise, wilt have compassion upon Zion, Surely it is time to favour her, Surely the time appointed, hath come;

Psalm 137:5-6

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right-hand forget:

John 2:17

His disciples remembered that it was written - The zeal of thy house, eateth me up.

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