Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
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.
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 the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will say, "Peace [be] within you." 9 For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:10
But when Sanballat the Horonite and the Ammonite servant Tobiah heard [this], {they were greatly displeased} that a person had come to seek the welfare of the {Israelites}.
1 Chronicles 29:3
And moreover, with respect to my provisions for the house of my God I have a treasure of gold and silver that I have given to the house of my God above all that I have provided for the holy house:
Nehemiah 13:14
Remember me, my God, concerning this, and do not wipe out my loyal acts which I have done in the house of my God and in his service.
Esther 10:3
For Mordecai the Jew [was] second-in-command to King Ahasuerus. [He was] great for the Jews and popular with many of his brothers, for he sought good for his people, {interceding for the welfare of all his descendants}.
Psalm 26:8
O Yahweh, I love [the] dwelling of your house, and {the place where your glory abides}.
Psalm 69:9
because the zeal for your house has consumed me, and the reproaches of those reproaching you have fallen on me.
Psalm 84:1-2
How lovely [are] your dwelling places, O Yahweh of hosts!
Psalm 84:10
Because better [is] a day in your courtyards than a thousand [elsewhere]. I would rather be at the threshold of the house of my God than to dwell in [the] tents of wickedness.
Psalm 102:13-14
You rise up and take pity on Zion, because [it is] time to favor it, for [the] appointed time has come.
Psalm 137:5-6
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.
John 2:17
His disciples remembered that it is written, "Zeal for your house will consume me."