Psalms 137:1 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
English ASV
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
English Amplified
BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we [captives] sat down, yes, we wept when we [earnestly] remembered Zion [the city of our God imprinted on our hearts].
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we [captives] sat down, yes, we wept when we [earnestly] remembered Zion [the city of our God imprinted on our hearts].
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
By the rivers of Babylon — there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
English EASY 2024
When we sat down beside the rivers in Babylon, we were very upset. We thought about Zion that we had left behind, and we wept.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
We sat by the rivers in Babylon and cried as we remembered Zion.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
By the rivers of Babylon we sat down; there we wept when we remembered Zion.
English God's Word - GW 1995
By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried as we remembered Zion.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
By the rivers of Babylon-- there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.
English KJV 1611
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
English LSB
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat and also wept, When we remembered Zion.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down and wept when we remembered Zion.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
By the rivers of Babylon we sat mourning and weeping when we remembered Zion.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep when we remember Zion.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
We were sitting by the rivers of Babylon. We cried when we remembered what had happened to Zion.
English NIV
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.
English NKJ 1982
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept When we remembered Zion.
English NLT
Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept as we thought of Jerusalem.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
By the rivers of Babylon-- there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Along the banks of Babylon’s rivers we sat as exiles, mourning our captivity, and wept with great love for Zion.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
Weeping, we sat beside the rivers of Babylon thinking of Jerusalem.
English Tyndale 1537
By the waters of Babylon we sat down and wept, when we remembered Sion.