Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
On [the] willows in her midst, we hung up 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.
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, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2 On [the] willows in her midst, we hung up our lyres. 3 For there our captors asked of us words of a song, and our tormentors [asked of us] jubilation, "Sing for us from a song of Zion."
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 24:8
[the] joy of [the] tambourine has stopped. The noise of [the] jubilant has ceased; [the] joy of [the] lyre has stopped.
Ezekiel 26:13
And, I will put an end to the noise of your songs, and the sound of your lyres will not be heard any longer.
Psalm 33:2
Give thanks to Yahweh with [the] lyre; with a harp of ten strings play to him.
Psalm 81:2
Lift up a song and strike [the] tambourine, [the] pleasant lyre, together with [the] harp.
Amos 8:10
And I will turn your feasts into mourning and all of your songs into lament, and I will put sackcloth on all loins and baldness on every head. And I will make it like the mourning for an only child, and its end like a bitter day.
Revelation 18:22
And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute players and trumpeters will never be heard in you again! And every craftsman of every trade will never be found in you again! And the sound of a mill will never be heard in you again!