Parallel Verses
Amplified
On the willow trees in the midst of Babylon
We hung our harps.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Holman Bible
There we hung up our lyres
on the poplar trees,
International Standard Version
On the willows there we hung our harps,
A Conservative Version
Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung up our harps.
American Standard Version
Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
Bible in Basic English
Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside.
Darby Translation
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Julia Smith Translation
Upon the willows in her midst, we hung our harps;
King James 2000
We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Lexham Expanded Bible
On [the] willows in her midst, we hung up our lyres.
Modern King James verseion
We hung our lyres on the willows in its midst.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
We hanged our harps upon the salon-trees, in the midst of it.
NET Bible
On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
New Heart English Bible
On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.
The Emphasized Bible
Upon the willows - in the midst thereof, hanged we our lyres:
Webster
We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.
World English Bible
On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.
Youngs Literal Translation
On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
Themes
Babylon » Grief of the jews in
Harp » Hung on the willows by the captive jews
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Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 137:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament During The Babylonian Exile
1
There we [captives] sat down and wept,
When we remembered Zion [the city God imprinted on our hearts].
On the willow trees in the midst of Babylon
We hung our harps.
For there they who took us captive demanded of us a song with words,
And our tormentors [who made a mockery of us demanded] amusement, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 24:8
The mirth of the timbrels (tambourines) ceases,
The noise of those who rejoice ends,
The joy of the harp ceases.
Ezekiel 26:13
So I will silence your songs, and the sound of your lyres will no longer be heard.
Psalm 33:2
Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre;
Sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings.
Psalm 81:2
Raise a song, sound the timbrel,
The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
Amos 8:10
“And I shall turn your festivals and feasts into mourning
And all your songs into dirges (funeral poems to be sung);
And I shall cause sackcloth to be put on everyone’s
And baldness on every head [shaved for mourning].
And I shall make that time like a time of mourning for an only son [who has died],
And the end of it shall be like a bitter day.
Revelation 18:22
And the sound of harpists and musicians and flutists and trumpeters will never again be heard in you, and no skilled artisan of any craft will ever again be found in you, and the sound of the millstone [grinding grain] will never again be heard in you [for commerce will no longer flourish, and normal life will cease].