2On willows in its midst we hung our harps.


In Context

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

2 On willows in its midst we hung our harps.

3 For there our captors asked us the words of a song, And our spoilers — joy: 'Sing ye to us of a song of Zion.'

4 How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?

Psalm 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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

137:2There on the poplars we hung our harps,

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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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