1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.


In Context

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

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

3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.

Psalm 137:1 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

137:1By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

137:1Upon the rivers of Babylon, there we sat and wept: when we remembered Sion:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

137:1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

137:1By rivers of Babylon — There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion.