Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done 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.
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.
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.
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
that day
“Destroy it! Destroy it
down to its foundations!”
happy is the one who pays you back
what you have done to us.
and dashes them against the rocks.
Cross References
Revelation 18:6
and double it according to her works.
In the cup in which she mixed,
mix a double portion for her.
Isaiah 13:1-22
An oracle
Psalm 149:6-9
and a double-edged sword in their hands,
Isaiah 14:4-24
you will sing this song of contempt about the king of Babylon
and how the raging
Isaiah 21:1
An oracle
it comes from the desert, from the land of terror.
Isaiah 44:28
he will fulfill all My pleasure”
and says to Jerusalem, “She will be rebuilt,”
and of the temple, “Its foundation will be laid.”
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Isaiah 47:1-15
Virgin Daughter Babylon.
Sit on the ground without a throne,
Daughter Chaldea!
For you will no longer be called pampered and spoiled.
Jeremiah 25:12-14
When the 70 years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation’—this is the Lord’s declaration—‘the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, and I will make it a ruin forever.
Jeremiah 50:1-64
The word the Lord spoke about Babylon,
Zechariah 2:7
“Go, Zion! Escape, you who are living with Daughter Babylon.”
Revelation 14:8-11
A second angel
Revelation 17:1-18
Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls
Revelation 18:20
and you saints, apostles, and prophets,
because God has executed your judgment on her!