Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Upon the willows in the midst of it
We hung our harps.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
We hanged
תּלה 
Talah 
Usage: 27

כּנּור 
Kinnowr 
Usage: 42

ערב 
`arab 
Usage: 5

in the midst
תּוך 
Tavek 
Usage: 419

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Lament During The Babylonian Exile

1 By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion. 2 Upon the willows in the midst of it
We hung our harps.
3 It was there that those who had captured us demanded that we sing. Those who guarded us wanted us to entertain them. They said: Sing a song from Zion for us!

Cross References

Isaiah 24:8

The joyful sound of tambourines ceases. The noise of revelers and the delight of the harp cease.

Ezekiel 26:13

So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more.

Psalm 33:2

Give thanks to Jehovah with the harp. Sing praises to him with a harp of ten strings.

Psalm 81:2

Sing a song and strike the tambourine. Play the sweet sounding lyre with the harp.

Amos 8:10

I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation (dirges). I will bring sackcloth on all loins and baldness on every head. I will make it as the mourning for an only son like the end of a bitter day.

Revelation 18:22

The sound of harp players, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, will not be heard anymore in you. No craftsman will be found in you. The sound of a millstone will not be heard in you anymore.

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