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Psalms 122:8

For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

KJV

For my brethren and companions’ sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.

ASV

לְ֭מַעַן אַחַ֣/י וְ/רֵעָ֑/י אֲדַבְּרָה נָּ֖א שָׁל֣וֹם בָּֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

For the sake of my brethren and my companions, Let me speak, I pray thee, `Peace be in thee.'

YLT

For my brothers’ and companions’ sakes, I will now say, “Peace be within you.”

WEB

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
ו
v
noun · 629×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
נָ֣א
n'
particle · 403×
שָׁלֽוֹם
shlvm
noun · 235×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 25:6 — And thus shall ye say to him that liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to thee, and peace be to thine house, and peace be unto all that thou hast.
  • Eph 4:4 — There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling;
  • Jas 3:13 — Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
  • Phil 2:2 — Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
  • Ps 16:3 — But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
  • Ps 42:4 — When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.
  • Ps 119:63 — I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.