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Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem

Psalms 122:7

In 11 translations

BSB
May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”Or security
KJV
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
WEB
Peace be within your walls, and prosperity within your palaces.
ASV
Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces.
LSV
Peace is in your bulwark, rest in your high places,
YLT
Peace is in thy bulwark, rest in thy high places,
DBY
Peace be within thy bulwarks, prosperity within thy palaces.
DRC121:7
Let peace be in thy strength: and abundance in thy towers.
GNV
Peace be within thy walles, and prosperitie within thy palaces.
JPS
Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
LXXE121:7
Let peace, I pray, be within thine host, and prosperity in thy palaces.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יְהִֽי־שָׁל֥וֹם בְּחֵילֵ֑ךְ שַׁ֝לְוָ֗ה בְּאַרְמְנוֹתָֽיִךְ׃
LXX-Br121:7
Γενέσθω δὴ εἰρήνη ἐν τῇ δυνάμει σου, καὶ εὐθηνία ἐν ταῖς πυργοβάρεσί σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • John 14:27Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
  • Isaiah 54:13Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
  • James 3:18Peacemakers who sow in peace reap the fruit of righteousness.
  • Psalms 48:3God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
  • Isaiah 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore.…
  • Psalms 48:13consider her ramparts, tour her citadels, that you may tell the next generation.
  • 1 Chronicles 12:18Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 121:7 in some Bibles
  • 122:7 in most Bibles

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