Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
New American Standard Bible
May my right hand
King James Version
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Holman Bible
may my right hand forget its skill.
A Conservative Version
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.
American Standard Version
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill .
Amplified
If I forget you, O Jerusalem,
Let my right hand forget [her skill with the harp].
Bible in Basic English
If I keep not your memory, O Jerusalem, let not my right hand keep the memory of its art.
Darby Translation
If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill;
Julia Smith Translation
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand shall be forgotten.
King James 2000
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its cunning.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.
Modern King James verseion
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my righthand forget her cunning.
NET Bible
If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled!
New Heart English Bible
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
The Emphasized Bible
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right-hand forget:
Webster
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill.
World English Bible
If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.
Youngs Literal Translation
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
Themes
Babylon » Grief of the jews in
Forgetting God » The people of God
Home » Examples of love of » The jews in exile
Interlinear
References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 137:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament During The Babylonian Exile
4 How are we to sing the song of the LORD on foreign soil? 5 If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. 6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you, if I don't consider Jerusalem to be more important than my highest joy.
Names
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:2-4
In the month of Chislev, while I was in Shushan at the palace, Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with some men from Judah. I asked them about the Jews who had escaped, about those who had survived the Babylonian captivity, and about Jerusalem.
Nehemiah 2:2-3
The king asked me, "Why do you look so troubled, since you're not ill? This cannot be anything else but troubles of the heart."
Psalm 84:1-2
How lovely are your dwelling places, LORD of the Heavenly Armies.
Psalm 84:10
for a day in your Temple courts is better than a thousand elsewhere; I would rather stand at the entrance of God's house than live in the tent of wickedness.
Psalm 102:13-14
You will arise to extend compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor the appointed time has come.
Psalm 122:5-9
For thrones are established there for judgment, thrones of the house of David.
Isaiah 62:1
"And I won't remain silent, and for Jerusalem's sake I won't stay quiet, until her vindication shines out like brightness, and her salvation like a burning torch.
Isaiah 62:6-7
"Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; all day and all night they won't remain silent. You who make mention of the LORD, take no rest,
Jeremiah 51:50
Go, you who escaped the sword! Don't stand around! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to your mind.
Daniel 6:10-11
When Daniel learned that the written document had been signed, he went to an upstairs room in his house that had windows opened facing Jerusalem. Three times a day he would kneel down, pray, and give thanks to his God, just as he had previously done.
Zechariah 11:17
"Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye. May his arm wither and his right eye be completely blind."