Psalms 137:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.”
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“Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 137:9 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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 pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”
- Isaiah 13:16Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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