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Psalms 137:9

7 Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.
KJV
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
WEB
Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
ASV
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Psalm 138 A [Psalm] of David.
DARBY
Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
BLB
Blessed [is] he who seizes and dashes your infants against the rock!
ÅB
Lykksalig er den som griper og knuser dine spede barn imot klippen.
[^1]: nekte meg sin tjeneste.
OTB
Velsignet er han som griper dine barn
og knuser dem mot klippen.
B1930
Lykksalig er den som griper og knuser dine spede barn imot klippen.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 13:16

    Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.

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  • Hosea 13:16

    Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

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  • Nahum 3:10

    Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains.

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  • 2 Kings 8:12

    “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”

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  • Hosea 10:14

    the roar of battle will rise against your people, so that all your fortresses will be demolished as Shalman devastated Beth-arbel in the day of battle, when mothers were dashed to pieces along with their children.

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