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Psalms 137:5

Psalms chapter 137 · verse 5 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill.

Context

v.4How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?

v.5This passage

v.6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 84:10

    For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

  • Nehemiah 1:2

    that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, that were left of the captivity, and concerning Jerusalem.

  • Isaiah 62:1

    For Zion’s sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.

  • Nehemiah 2:2

    And the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid.

  • Psalms 84:1

    How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!

  • Isaiah 62:6

    I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah’s remembrancers, take ye no rest,