Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.
New American Standard Bible
How blessed will be the one who
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King James Version
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Holman Bible
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.
International Standard Version
Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.
A Conservative Version
O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.
American Standard Version
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
Amplified
O daughter of Babylon, you devastator,
How blessed will be the one
Who repays you [with destruction] as you have repaid us.
Darby Translation
Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.
Julia Smith Translation
O daughter of Babel laying waste; happy he recompensing to thee thy retribution thou didst to us
King James 2000
O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.
Lexham Expanded Bible
O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy [shall be he] who pays back to you {what you paid out to us}.
Modern King James verseion
O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one! Blessed is he who will repay to you your reward which you rewarded to us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O daughter of Babylon, thou shalt come to misery thyself; yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
NET Bible
O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
New Heart English Bible
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be blessed who rewards you, as you have served us.
The Emphasized Bible
O ruined daughter of Babylon, - how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!
Webster
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
World English Bible
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.
Youngs Literal Translation
O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 137:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament During The Babylonian Exile
7 O Lord, keep in mind against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; how they said, Let it be uncovered, uncovered even to its base. 8 O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us. 9 Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.
Cross References
Revelation 18:6
Give to her as she gave, even an increased reward for her works; in the cup which was mixed by her, let there be mixed as much again for herself.
Isaiah 13:1-22
The word of the Lord about Babylon which Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saw.
Psalm 149:6-9
Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands;
Isaiah 14:4-24
That you will take up this bitter song against the king of Babylon, and say, How has the cruel overseer come to an end! He who was lifted up in pride is cut off;
Isaiah 21:1
The word about the waste land. As storm-winds in the South go rushing through, it comes from the waste land, from the land greatly to be feared.
Isaiah 44:28
Who says of Cyrus, He will take care of my sheep, and will do all my pleasure: who says of Jerusalem, I will give the word for your building; and of the Temple, Your bases will be put in place.
Isaiah 47:1-15
Come and take your seat in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; come down from your seat of power, and take your place on the earth, O daughter of the Chaldaeans: for you will never again seem soft and delicate.
Jeremiah 25:12-14
And it will come about, after seventy years are ended, that I will send punishment on the king of Babylon, and on that nation, says the Lord, for their evil-doing, and on the land of the Chaldaeans; and I will make it a waste for ever.
Jeremiah 50:1-64
The word which the Lord said about Babylon, about the land of the Chaldaeans, by Jeremiah the prophet.
Zechariah 2:7
Ho! Zion, go in flight from danger, you who are living with the daughter of Babylon.
Revelation 14:8-11
And a second angel came after, saying, Destruction has come to Babylon the great, which gave to all the nations the wine of the wrath of her evil ways.
Revelation 17:1-18
And one of the seven angels who had the seven vessels came and said to me, Come here, so that you may see the judging of the evil woman who is seated on the great waters;
Revelation 18:20
Be glad over her, heaven, and you saints, and Apostles, and prophets; because she has been judged by God on your account.