Psalms 137:9

In 11 translations

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.the stones: Heb. the rock

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.

LSV

O the blessedness of him who seizes, and has dashed your sucklings on the rock!

YLT

O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!

DBY

Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

DRC136:9

Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock.

GNV

Blessed shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy children against the stones.

JPS

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

LXXE136:9

Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.

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Original-language editions

WLC

אַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז וְנִפֵּ֬ץ אֶֽת־עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ אֶל־הַסָּֽלַע׃

LXX-Br136:9

Μακάριος ὃς κρατήσει καὶ ἐδαφιεῖ τὰ νήπιά σου πρὸς τὴν πέτραν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Isaiah 13:16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
• Nahum 3:10Yet 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.
• Hosea 13:16Samaria 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.
• Hosea 10:14the 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.
• 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…

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