Psalms 137:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?”
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BSBPD
“How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 137:4 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
- Isaiah 22:12On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.
- Isaiah 49:21Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
- Lamentations 5:14The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.
- Hosea 9:4They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
- Amos 8:3“In that day,” declares the Lord GOD, “the songs of the temple will turn to wailing. Many will be the corpses, strewn in silence everywhere!”
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