Psalms 137:1
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
2 There on the willows we hung our harps,
3 for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
- KJV
- By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- WEB
- By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
- ASV
- By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
- DARBY
- By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
- BLB
- By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and we wept in our remembering Zion.
- ÅB
- Ved Babylons elver, der satt vi og gråt når vi kom Sion i hu.
- OTB
- Ved Babylons elver,
Der satt vi og gråt,
Da vi mintes Sion. - B1930
- Ved Babylons elver, der satt vi og gråt når vi kom Sion i hu.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 1:1
In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.
Read in contextEzekiel 3:15
I came to the exiles at Tel-abib who dwelt by the River Kebar. And for seven days I sat where they sat and remained there among them, overwhelmed.
Read in contextLamentations 2:10–11
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
Read in contextLamentations 3:48
Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people.
Read in contextLamentations 2:18
The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.
Read in contextEzekiel 1:3
the word of the LORD came directly to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the River Kebar. And there the LORD’s hand was upon him.
Read in contextPsalms 42:4
These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.
Read in contextNehemiah 2:3
and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad when the city where my fathers are buried lies in ruins, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?”
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