Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
New American Standard Bible
We
King James Version
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Holman Bible
There we hung up our lyres
on the poplar trees,
International Standard Version
On the willows there we hung our harps,
A Conservative Version
Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps.
American Standard Version
Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
Amplified
On the willow trees in the midst of Babylon
We hung our harps.
Bible in Basic English
Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.
Julia Smith Translation
Upon the willows in her midst, we hung our harps;
King James 2000
We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Lexham Expanded Bible
On [the] willows in her midst, we hung up our lyres.
Modern King James verseion
We hung our lyres on the willows in its midst.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
We hanged our harps upon the salon-trees, in the midst of it.
NET Bible
On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
New Heart English Bible
On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.
The Emphasized Bible
Upon the willows - in the midst thereof, hanged we our lyres:
Webster
We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.
World English Bible
On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.
Youngs Literal Translation
On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
Themes
Babylon » Grief of the jews in
Harp » Hung on the willows by the captive jews
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Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 137:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament During The Babylonian Exile
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion. 2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. 3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail required mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 24:8
the mirth of tambours ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Ezekiel 26:13
And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
Psalm 33:2
Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.
Psalm 81:2
Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Revelation 18:22
and voice of harp-singers and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters shall not be heard any more at all in thee, and no artificer of any art shall be found any more at all in thee, and voice of millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee,