Psalms 137:5

In 11 translations

BSB

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

KJV

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

WEB

If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

ASV

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.

LSV

If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgets!

YLT

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

DBY

If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill];

DRC136:5

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

GNV

If I forget thee, O Ierusalem, let my right hand forget to play.

JPS

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

LXXE136:5

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אִֽם־אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח יְמִינִֽי׃

LXX-Br136:5

Ἐὰν ἐπιλάθωμαί σου Ἱερουσαλήμ, ἐπιλησθείη ἡ δεξιά μου.

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• Jeremiah 51:50You who have escaped the sword, depart and do not linger! Remember the LORD from far away, and let Jerusalem come to mind.”
• Daniel 6:10–11Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to…
• Psalms 122:5–9For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David. Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper. May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your…
• Zechariah 11:17Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
• Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
• Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
• Nehemiah 1:2–4Hanani, one of my brothers, arrived with men from Judah. So I questioned them about the remnant of the Jews who had survived the exile, and also about Jerusalem. And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile…
• Psalms 102:13–14You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come. For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.
• Nehemiah 2:2–3so the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, though you are not ill? This could only be sadness of the heart.” I was overwhelmed with fear and replied to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should I not be sad…
• Isaiah 62:6–7On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves, nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her…
• Psalms 84:1–2How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

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