Parallel Verses
King James Version
Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
New American Standard Bible
I will
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.
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 my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:10
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
1 Chronicles 29:3
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
Nehemiah 13:14
Remember me, O my God, concerning this, and wipe not out my good deeds that I have done for the house of my God, and for the offices thereof.
Esther 10:3
For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.
Psalm 26:8
LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Psalm 69:9
For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.
Psalm 84:1-2
{To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.} How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
Psalm 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalm 102:13-14
Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
Psalm 137:5-6
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
John 2:17
And his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up.