Psalms 137:2 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
On willows in its midst we hung our harps.
English ASV
Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
English Amplified
On the willow trees in the midst of [Babylon] we hung our harps.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
On the willow trees in the midst of [Babylon] we hung our harps.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
There on the willows we hung our harps,
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
There we hung up our lyres on the poplar trees,
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
English EASY 2024
We hung up our harps there, on the branches of the willow trees.
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
We hung our harps nearby, there on the willow trees.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
On the willows there we hung up our lyres.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
On the willows near by we hung up our harps.
English God's Word - GW 1995
We hung our lyres on willow trees.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
There we hung up our lyres on the poplar trees,
English KJV 1611
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
English LSB
Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our lyres.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
Upon the willows in the midst of it we hung our harps.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
On the poplars of that land we hung up our harps.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
On the nearby poplar trees we hung up our harps.
English NIV
There on the poplars we hung our harps,
English NKJ 1982
We hung our harps Upon the willows in the midst of it.
English NLT
We put away our lyres, hanging them on the branches of the willow trees.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
On the willows there we hung up our harps.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Our music and mirth were no longer heard, only sadness. We hung up our harps on the willow trees.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
On the willows there we hung up our lyres.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
We have put away our lyres, hanging them upon the branches of the willow trees,
English Tyndale 1537
As for our harps, we hanged them up upon the trees, that are therein.