Psalms 122:3-4
Psalms 122:3-5 The Message (MSG)
Jerusalem, well-built city, built as a place for worship! The city to which the tribes ascend, all GOD’s tribes go up to worship, To give thanks to the name of GOD— this is what it means to be Israel. Thrones for righteous judgment are set there, famous David-thrones.
Psalms 122:3-4 King James Version (KJV)
Jerusalem is builded As a city that is compact together: Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, Unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.
Psalms 122:3-4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Jerusalem, that is built As a city that is compact together; To which the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD— An ordinance for Israel— To give thanks to the name of the LORD.
Psalms 122:3-4 New Century Version (NCV)
Jerusalem is built as a city with the buildings close together. The tribes go up there, the tribes who belong to the LORD. It is the rule in Israel to praise the LORD at Jerusalem.
Psalms 122:3-4 American Standard Version (ASV)
Jerusalem, that art builded As a city that is compact together; Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, For an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.
Psalms 122:3-4 New International Version (NIV)
Jerusalem is built like a city that is closely compacted together. That is where the tribes go up— the tribes of the LORD— to praise the name of the LORD according to the statute given to Israel.
Psalms 122:3-4 New King James Version (NKJV)
Jerusalem is built As a city that is compact together, Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the LORD, To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD.
Psalms 122:3-4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Jerusalem, that is built As a city that is firmly joined together; To which the [twelve] tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, [As was decreed as] an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD.
Psalms 122:3-4 New Living Translation (NLT)
Jerusalem is a well-built city; its seamless walls cannot be breached. All the tribes of Israel—the LORD’s people— make their pilgrimage here. They come to give thanks to the name of the LORD, as the law requires of Israel.