Psalm 122:4
New International Version
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.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

King James Bible
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, unto the testimony of Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

New King James Version
Where the tribes go up, The tribes of the LORD, To the Testimony of Israel, To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
To which the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD— An ordinance for Israel— To give thanks to the name of the LORD.

NASB 1995
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.

NASB 1977
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.

Legacy Standard Bible
To which the tribes, the tribes of Yah, go up— A testimony for Israel— To give thanks to the name of Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
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.

Christian Standard Bible
where the tribes, the LORD’s tribes, go up to give thanks to the name of the LORD. (This is an ordinance for Israel. )

Holman Christian Standard Bible
where the tribes, Yahweh’s tribes, go up to give thanks to the name of Yahweh. (This is an ordinance for Israel.)

American Standard Version
Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of Jehovah, For an ordinance for Israel, To give thanks unto the name of Jehovah.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
There went up the tribes, the tribes of LORD JEHOVAH, a testimony to Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For thither the tribes went up, the tribes of the Lord, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks unto the name of the Lord.

Contemporary English Version
Every tribe of the LORD obeys him and comes to you to praise his name.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For thither did the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord: the testimony of Israel, to praise the name of the Lord.

English Revised Version
Whither the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD for a testimony unto Israel, to give thanks into the name of the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
All of the LORD's tribes go to that city because it is a law in Israel to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

Good News Translation
This is where the tribes come, the tribes of Israel, to give thanks to the LORD according to his command.

International Standard Version
To it the tribes ascend— the tribes of the LORD— as decreed to Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Whither the tribes went up, even the tribes of the LORD, As a testimony unto Israel, To give thanks unto the name of the LORD.

Literal Standard Version
For there tribes have gone up, | Tribes of YAH, companies of Israel, | To give thanks to the Name of YHWH.

Majority Standard Bible
where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

New American Bible
There the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, As it was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

NET Bible
The tribes go up there, the tribes of the LORD, where it is required that Israel give thanks to the name of the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
To it the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

New Heart English Bible
where the tribes go up, even the tribes of the LORD, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

World English Bible
where the tribes go up, even Yah’s tribes, according to an ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to Yahweh’s name.

Young's Literal Translation
For thither have tribes gone up, Tribes of Jah, companies of Israel, To give thanks to the name of Jehovah.

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Context
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
3Jerusalem is built up as a city united together, 4where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD. 5For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.…

Cross References
Exodus 23:17
Three times a year all your males are to appear before the Lord GOD.

Deuteronomy 16:16
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.

Psalm 84:5
Blessed are those whose strength is in You, whose hearts are set on pilgrimage.


Treasury of Scripture

Where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, to the testimony of Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

whither

Psalm 78:68
But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.

Psalm 132:13
For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.

Exodus 23:17
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord GOD.

the testimony

Exodus 16:34
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

Exodus 26:33,34
And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy…

Exodus 32:15
And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

to give

Psalm 66:13-16
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows, …

Psalm 107:1-3
O give thanks unto the LORD, for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever…

Psalm 116:17-19
I will offer to thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving, and will call upon the name of the LORD…

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Psalm 122
1. David professes his joy for the church
6. And prays for the peace thereof














(4) Unto the testimony.--This is erroneous. The words are parenthetical: "Thither go (or, must and shall go) the tribes, the tribes of Judah (it is an ordinance for Israel) to praise the name of Jehovah." (See Exodus 23:17, Deuteronomy 16:16, to this regulation.)

Verse 4. - Whither the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord. This points to a time before the dispersion of "the tribes," which rendered such regular "going up" impossible. Unto the testimony of Israel; rather, as a testimony unto Israel - a witness to the whole nation that all Israelites had covenant privileges at Jerusalem. To give thanks unto the Name of the Lord. The three great feasts whereto Israel was bound to "go up" were all of them seasons of thanksgiving.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
where
שֶׁשָּׁ֨ם (šeš·šām)
Pronoun - relative | Adverb
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

the tribes
שְׁבָטִ֡ים (šə·ḇā·ṭîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

go up,
עָל֪וּ (‘ā·lū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

the tribes
שִׁבְטֵי־ (šiḇ·ṭê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 7626: Rod, staff, club, scepter, tribe

of the LORD,
יָ֭הּ (yāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3050: LORD -- the name of the God of Israel

as a testimony
עֵד֣וּת (‘ê·ḏūṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5715: Testimony

for Israel,
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל (lə·yiś·rā·’êl)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

to give thanks
לְ֝הֹד֗וֹת (lə·hō·ḏō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct
Strong's 3034: To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan

to the name
לְשֵׁ֣ם (lə·šêm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8034: A name

of the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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