Psalms 137:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.”
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BSBPD
“If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 137:5 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 1:2Hanani, 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.
- Nehemiah 2:2so 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
- Psalms 84:1How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts!
- 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.
- Psalms 102:13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor— the appointed time has come.
- Psalms 122:5For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.
- 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.
- Isaiah 62:6On 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,
- 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 6:10Now 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 his God, just as he had done before.
- Zechariah 11:17Woe to the worthless shepherd,who deserts the flock!May a sword strike his armand his right eye!May his arm be completely witheredand his right eye utterly blinded!”
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