Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Upon the willows - in the midst thereof, hanged we our lyres:
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.
Darby Translation
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
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.
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 Upon the willows - in the midst thereof, hanged we our lyres: 3 For, there, our captors asked of us words of song, and our plunderers - gladness, - Sing us of the songs of Zion!
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 24:8
Ceased hath the mirth of timbrels, Ended is the noise of the uproarious, - Ceased hath the mirth of the lyre:
Ezekiel 26:13
And I will cause to cease the hum of thy songs; And the sound of thy lyres, shall not be heard any more.
Psalm 33:2
Give ye thanks unto Yahweh with the lyre, With a harp of ten strings, make ye music unto him.
Psalm 81:2
Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:
Amos 8:10
So will I turn your festivals into mourning, and all your songs into a dirge, and I will bring up - on all loins - sackcloth, and upon every head - baldness, - and I will make it like the mourning for an only one, even the afterpart thereof, as a day of bitterness.
Revelation 18:22
And sound of harp-singers, and musicians, and flute-players, and trumpeters, - in nowise be heard in thee any more; and any artisan of any art, - in nowise be found in thee any more; and sound of millstone, - in nowise be found in thee any more;