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
I will
King James Version
Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Holman Bible
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!
Themes
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 122:9
Verse Info
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.