Psalms 122:9

In 11 translations

BSB

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

KJV

Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

WEB

For the sake of the house of Yahweh our God, I will seek your good.

ASV

For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.

LSV

For the sake of the house of our God YHWH, || I seek good for you!

YLT

For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God, I seek good for thee!

DBY

Because of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.Elohim

DRC121:9

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have sought good things for thee.

GNV

Because of the House of the Lord our God, I will procure thy wealth.

JPS

For the sake of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.

LXXE121:9

Because of the house of the Lord our God, I have diligently sought thy good.

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WLC

לְ֭מַעַן בֵּית־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵ֑ינוּ אֲבַקְשָׁ֖ה ט֣וֹב לָֽךְ׃

LXX-Br121:9

Ἕνεκα τοῦ οἴκου Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν ἐξεζήτησα ἀγαθά σοι.

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• Nehemiah 2:10But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
• Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
• John 2:17His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for Your house will consume Me.”
• Psalms 26:8O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
• Psalms 69:9because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me.
• Esther 10:3For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.
• Psalms 84:1–2How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
• 1 Chronicles 29:3Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
• Nehemiah 13:14Remember me for this, O my God, and do not blot out my deeds of loving devotion for the house of my God and for its services.
• Psalms 102:13–14You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come. For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
• Psalms 137:5–6If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. May 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!

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