Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. New Living Translation If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget how to play the harp. English Standard Version If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill! Berean Standard Bible If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. King James Bible If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. New King James Version If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget its skill! New American Standard Bible If I forget you, Jerusalem, May my right hand forget its skill. NASB 1995 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. NASB 1977 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. Legacy Standard Bible If I forget you, O Jerusalem, May my right hand forget her skill. Amplified Bible If I forget you, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill with the harp]. Christian Standard Bible If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. Holman Christian Standard Bible If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill. American Standard Version If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill. Aramaic Bible in Plain English If I forget you, oh, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget me! Brenton Septuagint Translation If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. Contemporary English Version Jerusalem, if I forget you, let my right hand go limp. Douay-Rheims Bible If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. English Revised Version If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. GOD'S WORD® Translation If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [how to play the lyre]. Good News Translation May I never be able to play the harp again if I forget you, Jerusalem! International Standard Version If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. JPS Tanakh 1917 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her cunning. Literal Standard Version If I forget you, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgets! Majority Standard Bible If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. New American Bible If I forget you, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget. NET Bible If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled! New Revised Standard Version If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand wither! New Heart English Bible If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten. Webster's Bible Translation If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her skill. World English Bible If I forget you, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill. Young's Literal Translation If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context By the Rivers of Babylon…4How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function. 6May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!… Cross References Isaiah 65:11 But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny, Psalm 137:6 May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy! Treasury of Scripture If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. I forget Psalm 84:1,2,10 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! … Psalm 102:13,14 Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come… Psalm 122:5-9 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David… let my right Zechariah 11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened. Jump to Previous Cunning Forget Forgetteth Hand Jerusalem Memory Right Skill WitherJump to Next Cunning Forget Forgetteth Hand Jerusalem Memory Right Skill WitherPsalm 137 1. The constancy of the Jews in captivity7. The prophet curses Edom and Babel (5) Her cunning--i.e., the skill of playing on the harp. If at such a moment the poet can so far forget the miserable bondage of Jerusalem as to strike the strings in joy, may his hand for ever lose the skill to touch them.Verse 5. - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning; literally, let my right hand forget; but the words supplied in the Authorized Version are necessary to bring out the sense, which is, "If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, so far as to desecrate thy sacred songs by making them an entertainment for the heathen, may I never have power to strike a note again!" Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifאִֽם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not I forget you, אֶשְׁכָּחֵ֥ךְ (’eš·kā·ḥêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention O Jerusalem, יְֽרוּשָׁלִָ֗ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel may my right hand יְמִינִֽי׃ (yə·mî·nî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3225: The right hand, side, the south cease to function. תִּשְׁכַּ֥ח (tiš·kaḥ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 7911: To mislay, to be oblivious of, from want of memory, attention Links Psalm 137:5 NIVPsalm 137:5 NLT Psalm 137:5 ESV Psalm 137:5 NASB Psalm 137:5 KJV Psalm 137:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 137:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 137:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 137:5 French Bible Psalm 137:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 137:5 If I forget you Jerusalem let my (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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