By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
Translation comparison
Psalms 137
9 aligned verses; 8 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
Upon the willows in the midst thereof We
hanged
up
our
harps
.
We
hanged
our
harps
upon the willows in the midst thereof.
For there they that led
us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us `
required of us '
mirth, `
saying '
, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
For there they that carried
us away
captive required of us a
song;
and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
How shall we sing Jehovah's
song In a foreign
land?
How shall we sing the
LORD's
song in a strange
land?
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget `
her skill'
.
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning
.
Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ,
If
I
remember
thee
not
; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
If
I
do
not
remember
thee,
let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Remember, O Jehovah
, against
the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.
Remember, O LORD
, the children of Edom in
the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
O daughter of Babylon, that
art to be destroyed ,
Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
O daughter of Babylon, who
art to be destroyed ;
happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.
Psalm
138
A
`Psalm'
of
David
.
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones
.
Scripture text: American Standard Version and King James Version. Public domain.; UK publication rights are administered by the Crown's patentee; public domain in most other jurisdictions..