| Psalm 137:2 Parallel Translations |  |
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| NASB: | Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. (NASB ©1995) |
| GWT: | We hung our lyres on willow trees.(GOD'S WORD®) |
| KJV: | We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. |
| ASV: | Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps. |
| BBE: | Hanging our instruments of music on the trees by the waterside. |
| DBY: | We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. |
| ERV: | Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps. |
| JPS: | Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps. |
| WBS: | We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it. |
| WEB: | On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps. |
| YLT: | On willows in its midst we hung our harps. |
| Psalm 137:2 Cross References |
| XREF: | Leviticus 23:40 'Now on the first day you shall take for yourselves the foliage of beautiful trees, palm branches and boughs of leafy trees and willows of the brook, and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
Job 30:31 "Therefore my harp is turned to mourning, And my flute to the sound of those who weep.
Isaiah 24:8 The gaiety of tambourines ceases, The noise of revelers stops, The gaiety of the harp ceases.
Isaiah 44:4 And they will spring up among the grass Like poplars by streams of water.'
Ezekiel 26:13 "So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps will be heard no more. (NASB ©1995) |
| Commentaries and Concordances |
| GSB: | 137:2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst {b} thereof.
(b) That is, of that country. |
| WES: | 137:2 Harps - Harps are here put for all instruments of musick. |
| MHC: | 137:1-4 Their enemies had carried the Jews captive from their own land. To complete their woes, they insulted over them; they required of them mirth and a song. This was very barbarous; also profane, for no songs would serve but the songs of Zion. Scoffers are not to be compiled with. They do not say, How shall we sing, when we are so much in sorrow? but, It is the Lord's song, therefore we dare not sing it among idolaters. |
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