Psalms 137:3
What does Psalms 137:3 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 137:3 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For there they that led us captive required of us songs, And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For there those who had taken us prisoners made request for a song; and those who had taken away all we had gave us orders to be glad, saying, Give us one of the songs of Zion.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers--joy: `Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me: thou shalt multiply strength in my soul.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail [required] mirth, [saying,] Sing us [one] of the songs of Zion.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Nehemiah 4:2
And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What are these feeble Jews doing? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of rubbish, seeing they are burned?
- Lamentations 2:15
All that pass by clap their hands at thee; They hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men called The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?
- Luke 21:6
As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
- Psalms 79:1
O God, the nations are come into thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled; They have laid Jerusalem in heaps.
- Psalms 65:1
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion; And unto thee shall the vow be performed.
- Isaiah 51:11
And the ransomed of Jehovah shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their heads: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
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