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, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards thee as thou hast served us.
9
Against the rock.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 13:16
Their children shall also be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.
2 Kings 8:12
Then Hazael said unto him, Why does my lord weep? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the sons of Israel; their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword and wilt dash their children and rip up their women with child.
Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall be condemned; for she has rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped open.
Hosea 10:14
Therefore, in thy peoples a tumult shall arise, and all thy fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her sons.
Nahum 3:10
Yet she was carried away, she went into captivity; her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her nobles were bound in chains.