Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
on foreign soil?
New American Standard Bible
In a foreign land?
King James Version
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
International Standard Version
How are we to sing the song of the LORD on foreign soil?
A Conservative Version
How shall we sing LORD's song in a foreign land?
American Standard Version
How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?
Amplified
How can we sing the Lord’s song
In a strange and foreign land?
Bible in Basic English
How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?
Darby Translation
How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?
Julia Smith Translation
How shall we sing the song of Jehovah upon the land of a stranger?
King James 2000
How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?
Lexham Expanded Bible
How could we sing the song of Yahweh in {a foreign land}?
Modern King James verseion
How shall we sing Jehovah's song in a foreign land?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land?
NET Bible
How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land?
New Heart English Bible
How can we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land?
The Emphasized Bible
How shall we sing the song of Yahweh, on a foreign soil?
Webster
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?
World English Bible
How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?
Youngs Literal Translation
How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
Themes
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 137:4
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament During The Babylonian Exile
3
for our captors there asked us for songs,
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
on foreign soil?
may my right hand forget its skill.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to mourn and a time to dance;
Isaiah 22:12
called for weeping,
and for the wearing of sackcloth.
Isaiah 49:21
‘Who fathered these for me?
I was deprived of my children and unable to conceive,
exiled and wandering—
but who brought them up?
See, I was left by myself—
but these, where did they come from?’”
Lamentations 5:14-15
the young men, their music.
Hosea 9:4
their wine offerings to the Lord,
and their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their food will be like the bread of mourners;
all who eat it become defiled.
For their bread will be for their appetites alone;
it will not enter the house of the Lord.
Amos 8:3
In that day the temple