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


In Context

2 We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

3 For 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.

4 How should we sing a song of Jehovah's upon a foreign soil?

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

6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, O Jehovah, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, Lay it bare, Lay it bare, down to its foundation!

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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