2There on the poplars we hung our harps,


In Context

1 By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

2 There on the poplars we hung our harps,

3 for there our captors asked us for songs, our tormentors demanded songs of joy; they said, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"

4 How can we sing the songs of the Lord while in a foreign land?

Psalms 137:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

137:2On the willows in the midst thereof we hung up our instruments.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

137:2Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:2We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

137:2Upon the willows in the midst thereof we hanged up our harps.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:2We hung our harps upon the willows in the midst of it.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:2On the willows in its midst, we hung up our harps.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

137:2On willows in its midst we hung our harps.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:2We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof.