Psalm 122:5
New International Version
There stand the thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

New Living Translation
Here stand the thrones where judgment is given, the thrones of the dynasty of David.

English Standard Version
There thrones for judgment were set, the thrones of the house of David.

Berean Standard Bible
For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

King James Bible
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

New King James Version
For thrones are set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

New American Standard Bible
For thrones were set there for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

NASB 1995
For there thrones were set for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

NASB 1977
For there thrones were set for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

Legacy Standard Bible
For there, thrones sit for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

Amplified Bible
For there the thrones of judgment were set, The thrones of the house of David.

Christian Standard Bible
There, thrones for judgment are placed, thrones of the house of David.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
There, thrones for judgment are placed, thrones of the house of David.

American Standard Version
For there are set thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because there they set up thrones for judgment, to thank The Name of LORD JEHOVAH, the thrones of the house of David.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For there are set thrones for judgement, even thrones for the house of David.

Contemporary English Version
David's royal throne is here where justice rules.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because their seats have sat in judgment, seats upon the house of David.

English Revised Version
For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The court of justice sits there. It consists of [princes who are] David's descendants.

Good News Translation
Here the kings of Israel sat to judge their people.

International Standard Version
For thrones are established there for judgment, thrones of the house of David.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For there were set thrones for judgment, The thrones of the house of David.

Literal Standard Version
For there thrones of judgment have sat, | Thrones of the house of David.

Majority Standard Bible
For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

New American Bible
There are the thrones of justice, the thrones of the house of David.

NET Bible
Indeed, the leaders sit there on thrones and make legal decisions, on the thrones of the house of David.

New Revised Standard Version
For there the thrones for judgment were set up, the thrones of the house of David.

New Heart English Bible
For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David's house.

Webster's Bible Translation
For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

World English Bible
For there are set thrones for judgment, the thrones of David’s house.

Young's Literal Translation
For there have sat thrones of judgment, Thrones of the house of David.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
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. 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:8
If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

1 Kings 7:7
In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.

2 Chronicles 19:8
Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.

Psalm 89:29
I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.


Treasury of Scripture

For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David.

there

Deuteronomy 17:8,18
If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose; …

2 Chronicles 19:8
Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the chief of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of the LORD, and for controversies, when they returned to Jerusalem.

are set.

2 Samuel 8:18
And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada was over both the Cherethites and the Pelethites; and David's sons were chief rulers.

2 Chronicles 11:22
And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

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














(5) Thrones.--Jerusalem, at first a cause of wonder as a city, is now to the pilgrims a cause of admiration as the capital. The mention of the "House of David" itself disposes of the title, but does not prove that the monarchy was still in existence, since even the Sanhedrim might be said to administer justice from the throne of the house or successors of David. The administration of justice was the original and principal duty of a monarch in time of peace (1Kings 3:11, seq.). The marginal "do sit" gives the literal rendering of the Hebrew, which in this use of sit, where we should say in English stand, is exactly the provincial Scotch.

Verse 5. - For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David. Jerusalem was the civil, no less than the religious, center. There David judged controversies, and Absalom when he usurped the throne, and Solomon when David associated him. But the plural may be "a plural of dignity."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

there
שָׁ֨מָּה ׀ (šām·māh)
Adverb | third person feminine singular
Strong's 8033: There, then, thither

the thrones
כִסְא֣וֹת (ḵis·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

of judgment
לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט (lə·miš·pāṭ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

stand,
יָשְׁב֣וּ (yā·šə·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

the thrones
כִּ֝סְא֗וֹת (kis·’ō·wṯ)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3678: Seat of honor, throne

of the house
לְבֵ֣ית (lə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of David.
דָּוִֽיד׃ (dā·wîḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse


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