5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill .


In Context

2 Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

3 For 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.

4 How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?

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

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

7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.

Psalm 137:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [her cunning. ]

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill .

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.