Parallel Verses
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.
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
Remember, O LORD, against the Edomites the day of Jerusalem, how they said, "Lay it bare, lay it bare, down to its foundations!"
8
How blessed will be the one who
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Cross References
Revelation 18:6
Pay her back as she herself has paid back others, and repay her double for her deeds; mix a double portion for her in the cup she mixed.
Isaiah 13:1-22
The oracle concerning Babylon which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
Psalm 149:6-9
Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands,
Isaiah 14:4-24
you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: "How the oppressor has ceased, the insolent fury ceased!
Isaiah 21:1
The oracle concerning the wilderness of the sea. As whirlwinds in the Negeb sweep on, it comes from the wilderness, from a terrible land.
Isaiah 44:28
who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfill all my purpose'; saying of Jerusalem, 'She shall be built,' and of the temple, 'Your foundation shall be laid.'"
Isaiah 47:1-15
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon; sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
Jeremiah 25:12-14
Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste.
Jeremiah 50:1-64
The word that the LORD spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet:
Zechariah 2:7
Up! Escape to Zion, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.
Revelation 14:8-11
Another angel, a second, followed, saying, "Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, she who made all nations drink the wine of the passion of her sexual immorality."
Revelation 17:1-18
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters,
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, for God has given judgment for you against her!"