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Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

Psalms 122:6

In 11 translations

BSB
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.Or be secure
KJV
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
WEB
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
ASV
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.
LSV
Ask [for] the peace of Jerusalem, || Those loving you are at rest.
YLT
Ask ye the peace of Jerusalem, At rest are those loving thee.
DBY
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
DRC121:6
Pray ye for the things that are for the peace of Jerusalem: and abundance for them that love thee.
GNV
Pray for the peace of Ierusalem: let them prosper that loue thee.
JPS
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem; may they prosper that love thee.
LXXE121:6
Pray now for the peace of Jerusalem: and let there be prosperity to them that love thee.Or, ask Jerusalem how it is with her.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
שַׁ֭אֲלוּ שְׁל֣וֹם יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּ אֹהֲבָֽיִךְ׃
LXX-Br121:6
Ἐρωτήσατε δὴ τὰ εἰς εἰρήνην τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ εὐθηνία τοῖς ἀγαπῶσί σε.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 51:18In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.
  • Genesis 12:3I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”
  • Jeremiah 29:7Seek the prosperity of the city to which I have sent you as exiles. Pray to the LORD on its behalf, for if it prospers, you too will prosper.”
  • Psalms 137:6–7May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy! Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down…
  • Numbers 24:9He crouches, he lies down like a lion; like a lioness, who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”
  • Jeremiah 51:50You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”
  • 1 John 3:14We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love our brothers. The one who does not love remains in death.
  • 2 Thessalonians 3:16Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.
  • Ephesians 4:3and with diligence to preserve the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.
  • John 17:21that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

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