5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!


In Context

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?

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!

6 My tongue doth cleave to my palate, If I do not remember thee, If I do not exalt Jerusalem above my chief joy.

7 Remember, Jehovah, for the sons of Edom, The day of Jerusalem, Those saying, 'Rase, rase 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 World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

137:5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.