For the sake of my brethren and companions, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
Parallel translations
- WEB For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”
- KJV For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
- BSB For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”
- NASB For the sake of my brothers and my friends, I will now say, “May peace be within you.”
- NLT For the sake of my family and friends, I will say, “May you have peace.”
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Quick answer
For the sake of his brothers and companions, he wishes peace within the city. Love for fellow worshipers motivates his prayers for peace.
Overview
The psalmist's prayer for Jerusalem flows from love for his 'brothers' and 'companions' who dwell there. Seeking the city's peace is an act of love toward God's people. This brotherly love within the worshiping community is deepened in Christ, who makes believers one family.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- 1 Sam 25:6Tell him, ‘Long life to you! Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
- Ps 42:4These things I remember, and pour out my soul within me, how I used to go with the crowd, and led them to God’s house, with the voice of joy and praise, a multitude keeping a holy day.
- Phil 2:2–5make my joy full, by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind;
- Ps 16:3As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight.
- Ps 119:63I am a friend of all those who fear you, of those who observe your precepts.
- Jas 3:13–18Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good conduct that his deeds are done in gentleness of wisdom.
- Eph 4:4–6There is one body, and one Spirit, even as you also were called in one hope of your calling;
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