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


In Context

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

3 For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: |Sing us one of the songs of Zion!|

4 How can we sing Yahweh's song in a foreign land?

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

6 Let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth if I don't remember you; if I don't prefer Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, Yahweh, against the children of Edom, the day of Jerusalem; who said, |Raze it! Raze it even 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 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 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.