Parallel Verses

NET Bible

For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.

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.

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 the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say, "May there be peace in you!" 9 For the sake of the temple of the Lord our God I will pray for you to prosper.

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:10

When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard all this, they were very displeased that someone had come to seek benefit for the Israelites.

1 Chronicles 29:3

Now, to show my commitment to the temple of my God, I donate my personal treasure of gold and silver to the temple of my God, in addition to all that I have already supplied for this holy temple.

Nehemiah 13:14

Please remember me for this, O my God, and do not wipe out the kindness that I have done for the temple of my God and for its services!

Esther 10:3

Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was the highest-ranking Jew, and he was admired by his numerous relatives. He worked enthusiastically for the good of his people and was an advocate for the welfare of all his descendants.

Psalm 26:8

O Lord, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.

Psalm 69:9

Certainly zeal for your house consumes me; I endure the insults of those who insult you.

Psalm 84:1-2

For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O Lord who rules over all!

Psalm 84:10

Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.

Psalm 102:13-14

You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.

Psalm 137:5-6

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!

John 2:17

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

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