Psalms 137:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“There on the willows we hung our harps,”
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BSBPD
“There on the willows we hung our harps,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“On willows in its midst we hung our harps.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 137:2 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 33:2Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
- Psalms 81:2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
- Isaiah 24:8The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.
- Ezekiel 26:13So I will silence the sound of your songs, and the music of your lyres will no longer be heard.
- 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 like a bitter day.
- 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.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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