Psalms 137:4
What does Psalms 137:4 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 137:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?
KJV
King James Version · 1611How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752May all the kings of the earth give glory to thee: for they have heard all the words of thy mouth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 49:21
Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?
- Isaiah 22:12
And in that day did the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
- Hosea 9:4
They shall not pour out wine-offerings to Jehovah, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted; for their bread shall be for their appetite; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.
- Ecclesiastes 3:4
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
- Amos 8:3
And the songs of the temple shall be wailings in that day, saith the Lord Jehovah: the dead bodies shall be many; in every place shall they cast them forth with silence.
- Lamentations 5:14
The elders have ceased from the gate, The young men from their music.
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