Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Against the rock.
King James Version
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Holman Bible
and dashes them against the rocks.
International Standard Version
How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff!
A Conservative Version
Happy shall he be who takes and dashes thy little ones against the rock.
American Standard Version
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.
Amplified
How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones
Against the rock.
Bible in Basic English
Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.
Darby Translation
Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
Julia Smith Translation
Happy he taking hold and dashing in pieces thy children against the rock.
King James 2000
Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Happy [shall be he] who seizes and smashes your children against the rock.
Modern King James verseion
Blessed is he who seizes and dashes your little ones against the stones.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Blessed shall he be that taketh thy children, and throweth them against the stones.
NET Bible
How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock!
New Heart English Bible
Blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
The Emphasized Bible
How happy the man who shall snatch away and dash thy children against the crag.
Webster
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
World English Bible
Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock. By David.
Youngs Literal Translation
O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!
Topics
References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 137:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament During The Babylonian Exile
8
O daughter of Babylon, doomed to be destroyed, blessed shall he be who repays you with what you have done to us!
9
Against the rock.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 13:16
Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.
2 Kings 8:12
And Hazael said, "Why does my lord weep?" He answered, "Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel. You will set on fire their fortresses, and you will kill their young men with the sword and dash in pieces their little ones and rip open their pregnant women."
Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword; their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.
Hosea 10:14
therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.
Nahum 3:10
Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity; her infants were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.