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


In Context

2 On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

3 For there they that led us into captivity required of us the words of songs. And they that carried us away, said: Sing ye to us a hymn of the songs of Sion.

4 How shall we sing the song of the Lord in a strange land?

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

6 Let my tongue cleave to my jaws, if I do not remember thee: If I make not Jerusalem the beginning of my joy.

7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Jerusalem: Who say: 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.