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Psalms 137:9

7 Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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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 children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished.

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  • Hosea 13:16

    Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.

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  • Nahum 3:10

    Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.

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  • 2 Kings 8:12

    And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.

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  • Hosea 10:14

    Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.

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