May Yahweh bless you out of Zion, and may you see the good of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
Parallel translations
- KJV The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
- BSB May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,
- NKJV The Lord bless you out of Zion, And may you see the good of Jerusalem All the days of your life.
- NASB ¶The Lord bless you from Zion, And may you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life.
- NLT May the Lord continually bless you from Zion. May you see Jerusalem prosper as long as you live.
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Cross-references · 8
- Ps 20:2send you help from the sanctuary, grant you support from Zion,
- Ps 134:3May Yahweh bless you from Zion; even he who made heaven and earth.
- Ps 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
- Isa 33:20Look at Zion, the city of our appointed festivals. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a quiet habitation, a tent that won’t be removed. Its stakes will never be plucked up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
- Ps 118:26Blessed is he who comes in Yahweh’s name! We have blessed you out of Yahweh’s house.
- Eph 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
- Isa 2:3Many peoples shall go and say, “Come, let’s go up to the mountain of Yahweh, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths.” For out of Zion the law shall go out, and Yahweh’s word from Jerusalem.
- Ps 135:21Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
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