Psalms 137:2

In 11 translations

BSB

There on the willows we hung our harps,Or poplars

KJV

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

WEB

On the willows in that land, we hung up our harps.

ASV

Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

LSV

We hung our harps on willows in its midst.

YLT

On willows in its midst we hung our harps.

DBY

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

DRC136:2

On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

GNV

Wee hanged our harpes vpon the willowes in the middes thereof.

JPS

Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

LXXE136:2

We hung our harps on the willows in the midst of it.Gr. organs, or, instruments.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

עַֽל־עֲרָבִ֥ים בְּתוֹכָ֑הּ תָּ֝לִ֗ינוּ כִּנֹּרוֹתֵֽינוּ׃

LXX-Br136:2

Ἐπὶ ταῖς ἰτέαις ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς ἐκρεμάσαμεν τὰ ὄργανα ἡμῶν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Ezekiel 26:13So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
• Isaiah 24:8The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
• Revelation 18:22And the sound of harpists and musicians, of flute players and trumpeters, will never ring out in you again. Nor will any craftsmen of any trade be found in you again, nor the sound of a millstone be heard in you again.
• Amos 8:10I will turn your feasts into mourning and all your songs into lamentation. I will cause everyone to wear sackcloth and every head to be shaved. I will make it like a time of mourning for an only son, and its outcome…
• Psalms 81:2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
• Psalms 33:2Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.

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