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 my brothers and companions' sake I will say, "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

But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite servant heard this, it displeased them greatly that someone had come to seek the welfare of the people of Israel.

1 Chronicles 29:3

Moreover, in addition to all that I have provided for the holy house, I have a treasure of my own of gold and silver, and because of my devotion to the house of my God I give it to the house of my God:

Nehemiah 13:14

Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God and for his service.

Esther 10:3

For Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus, and he was great among the Jews and popular with the multitude of his brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and spoke peace to all his people.

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

How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD of hosts!

Psalm 84:10

For a day in your courts is better than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.

Psalm 102:13-14

You will arise and have pity on Zion; it is the time to favor her; the appointed time has come.

Psalm 137:5-6

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill!

John 2:17

His disciples remembered that it was written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."

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