Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek out good 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.
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!
Themes
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 122:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer For Jerusalem
8 For sake of my brethren and my friends, I will now speak, Peace upon 9 For sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek out good for thee.
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:10
And Sanballat the Horonite will hear, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and it will be evil to them a great evil that a man came to seek good for the sons of Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:3
And yet in my delighting in the house of my God, there is to me property of gold and silver I gave to the house of my God, to above from all I prepared for the holy house,
Nehemiah 13:14
Remember to me, O my God, concerning this, and thou wilt not wipe out my kindness which I did in the house of my God, and in its watches.
Esther 10:3
For Mordecai the Jew was second to the king Ahasuerus, and great to the Jews, and acceptable to the multitude of his brethren, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Psalm 26:8
O Jehovah, I loved the habitation of thy house, and the place of the dwelling of thine honor.
Psalm 69:9
For the zeal of thy house devoured me, and the reproaches of those reproaching thee fell upon me.
Psalm 84:1-2
To the overseer upon the stringed instrument: to the sons of Korah, a chanting. How beloved are thy tents, O Jehovah of armies!
Psalm 84:10
For good a day in thine enclosures above a thousand. I chose to wait on the threshold in the house of my God, rather than to dwell in the tents of injustice.
Psalm 102:13-14
Thou wilt arise, thou wilt compassionate Zion: for the time to compassionate her for the appointment came.
Psalm 137:5-6
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand shall be forgotten.
John 2:17
And his disciples remembered that it is written, The zeal of thine house has eaten me up.