Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
may my right hand forget its skill.
New American Standard Bible
May my right hand
King James Version
If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
International Standard Version
If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
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
on foreign soil?
may my right hand forget its skill.
if I do not remember you,
if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!
Names
Cross References
Nehemiah 1:2-4
Hanani,
Nehemiah 2:2-3
so the king said to me, “Why are you
I was overwhelmed with fear
Psalm 84:1-2
For the choir director: on the Gittith.
Lord of Hosts.
Psalm 84:10
than a thousand anywhere else.
I would rather be at the door of the house of my God
than to live in the tents of wicked people.
Psalm 102:13-14
for it is time to show favor to her—
the appointed time has come.
Psalm 122:5-9
thrones of the house of David.
Isaiah 62:1
and I will not keep still because of Jerusalem,
until her righteousness shines like a bright light
and her salvation, like a flaming torch.
Isaiah 62:6-7
I have appointed watchmen on your walls;
they will never be silent, day or night.
There is no rest for you,
who remind the Lord.
Jeremiah 51:50
go and do not stand still!
Remember the Lord from far away,
and let Jerusalem come to your mind.
Daniel 6:10-11
When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upper room opened toward Jerusalem,
Zechariah 11:17
who deserts the flock!
May a sword strike
and his right eye!
May his arm wither away
and his right eye go completely blind!”