Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us.
New American Standard Bible
How blessed will be the one who
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King James Version
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Holman Bible
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.
International Standard Version
Daughter of Babylon! You devastator! How blessed will be the one who pays you back for what you have done to us.
A Conservative Version
O daughter of Babylon, who is to be destroyed, happy shall he be who rewards thee as thou have served us.
American Standard Version
O daughter of Babylon, that art to be destroyed, Happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee As thou hast served us.
Amplified
O daughter of Babylon, you devastator,
How blessed will be the one
Who repays you [with destruction] as you have repaid us.
Bible in Basic English
O daughter of Babylon, whose fate is destruction; happy is the man who does to you what you have done to us.
Julia Smith Translation
O daughter of Babel laying waste; happy he recompensing to thee thy retribution thou didst to us
King James 2000
O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us.
Lexham Expanded Bible
O daughter of Babylon, about to be devastated, happy [shall be he] who pays back to you {what you paid out to us}.
Modern King James verseion
O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one! Blessed is he who will repay to you your reward which you rewarded to us.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O daughter of Babylon, thou shalt come to misery thyself; yea, happy shall he be that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
NET Bible
O daughter Babylon, soon to be devastated! How blessed will be the one who repays you for what you dished out to us!
New Heart English Bible
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be blessed who rewards you, as you have served us.
The Emphasized Bible
O ruined daughter of Babylon, - how happy the man who shall repay thee thy dealing, wherewith thou didst deal with us!
Webster
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
World English Bible
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who rewards you, as you have served us.
Youngs Literal Translation
O daughter of Babylon, O destroyed one, O the happiness of him who repayeth to thee thy deed, That thou hast done to us.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 137:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Lament During The Babylonian Exile
7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation! 8 Daughter of Babylon, who art to be laid waste, happy he that rendereth unto thee that which thou hast meted out to us. 9 Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
Cross References
Revelation 18:6
Recompense her even as she has recompensed; and double to her double, according to her works. In the cup which she has mixed, mix to her double.
Isaiah 13:1-22
The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah the son of Amoz saw.
Psalm 149:6-9
Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand:
Isaiah 14:4-24
that thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased, the exactress of gold ceased!
Isaiah 21:1
The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through, so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.
Isaiah 44:28
that saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and he shall perform all my pleasure; even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Isaiah 47:1-15
Come down and sit in the dust, virgin-daughter of Babylon! Sit on the ground, there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans; for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.
Jeremiah 25:12-14
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will visit on the king of Babylon and on that nation, saith Jehovah, their iniquity, and on the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it perpetual desolations.
Jeremiah 50:1-64
The word that Jehovah spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, through Jeremiah the prophet.
Zechariah 2:7
Ho! escape, Zion, that dwellest with the daughter of Babylon.
Revelation 14:8-11
And another, a second, angel followed, saying, Great Babylon has fallen, has fallen, which of the wine of the fury of her fornication has made all nations drink.
Revelation 17:1-18
And one of the seven angels, which had the seven bowls, came and spoke with me, saying, Come here, I will shew thee the sentence of the great harlot who sits upon the many waters;
Revelation 18:20
Rejoice over her, heaven, and ye saints and apostles and prophets; for God has judged your judgment upon her.