Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
O ruined daughter of Babylon, - how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with 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.
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.
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.
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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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 137:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament During The Babylonian Exile
7 Remember, O Yahweh, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem, - how they continued to say - Overthrow! Overthrow! unto the foundation within it. 8 O ruined daughter of Babylon, - how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us! 9 How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.
Cross References
Revelation 18:6
Render ye unto her, as, she also, rendered, and double thedouble, according to her works, - in the cup wherein she mixed, mix, unto her, double, -
Isaiah 13:1-22
The oracle on Babylon, - of which Isaiah, son of Amoz had vision: -
Psalm 149:6-9
The high songs of GOD be in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand:
Isaiah 14:4-24
that thou shalt take up this taunt over the king of Babylon, and shalt say: - How hath ceased the oppressor! Ceased the exactress!
Isaiah 21:1
The oracle on the desert of the sea: As storm-winds in the South which with a rush from the desert, do come from a terrible land,
Isaiah 44:28
Who saith of Cyrus - My Shepherd! and All my pleasure, shall he make good Even saying of Jerusalem - She shall be built! And of the temple - Be her foundation laid!
Isaiah 47:1-15
Down - and sit in the dust, O virgin Daughter of Babylon, Sit on the ground - throneless, Daughter of the Chaldeans; For thou shalt no more be called Tender and Dainty.
Jeremiah 25:12-14
And it shall some to pass - When the seventy years are fulfilled, I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation, Declareth Yahweh their iniquity, and upon the land of the Chaldeans, - and I will turn it into age-abiding desolations.
Jeremiah 50:1-64
The word which Yahweh spake Against Babylon Against the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet:
Zechariah 2:7
Ho! Zion, deliver thyself, - thou that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon. For,
Revelation 14:8-11
And, another, a second messengerfollowed, saying - Fallen! fallen! is Babylon the great, who, of the wine of the wrath of her lewdness, hath caused all the nations to drink.
Revelation 17:1-18
And one of the seven messengers who had the seven bowls came, and spake with me, saying - Hither! I will point out to thee the judgment of the great harlot, who sitteth upon many waters,
Revelation 18:20
Be glad over her, thou heaven! And ye saints, and ye apostles, and ye prophets! For that God hath exacted your vindication from her.