Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. New Living Translation Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks! English Standard Version Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! Berean Standard Bible Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. King James Bible Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. New King James Version Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little ones against the rock! New American Standard Bible Blessed will be one who seizes and dashes your children Against the rock. NASB 1995 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. NASB 1977 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. Legacy Standard Bible How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your infants Against the cliff. Amplified Bible How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. Christian Standard Bible Happy is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rocks. Holman Christian Standard Bible Happy is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rocks. American Standard Version Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Blessed is he who will seize your infants and will dash the rocks! Brenton Septuagint Translation Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock. Contemporary English Version May the Lord bless everyone who beats your children against the rocks! Douay-Rheims Bible Blessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock. English Revised Version Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock. GOD'S WORD® Translation Blessed is the one who grabs your little children and smashes them against a rock. Good News Translation who take your babies and smash them against a rock. International Standard Version How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff! JPS Tanakh 1917 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Literal Standard Version O the blessedness of him who seizes, and has dashed your sucklings on the rock! Majority Standard Bible Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. New American Bible Blessed the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock. NET Bible How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock! New Revised Standard Version Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against the rock! New Heart English Bible Blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock. Webster's Bible Translation Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. World English Bible Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock. Young's Literal Translation O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock! Additional Translations ... Context By the Rivers of Babylon…8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. 9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. Cross References Mark 9:18 Whenever it seizes him, it throws him to the ground. He foams at the mouth, gnashes his teeth, and becomes rigid. I asked Your disciples to drive it out, but they were unable." 2 Kings 8:12 "Why is my lord weeping?" asked Hazael. "Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites," Elisha replied. "You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women." Isaiah 13:16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. Hosea 13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. Nahum 3:10 Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains. Treasury of Scripture Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones. and dasheth Isaiah 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. Hosea 10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. Hosea 13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. the stones. Jump to Previous Blessed Crushing Dashed Dashes Dasheth David Happiness Happy Infants Little Ones Psalm Rock Rocks Seize Seizes Stones SucklingsJump to Next Blessed Crushing Dashed Dashes Dasheth David Happiness Happy Infants Little Ones Psalm Rock Rocks Seize Seizes Stones SucklingsPsalm 137 1. The constancy of the Jews in captivity7. The prophet curses Edom and Babel (9) Little ones.--Literally, sucklings. Stones.--Better, cliff or rock. For this feature of barbarous cruelty with which ancient war was cursed see 2Kings 8:12; Isaiah 13:16; Hosea 10:14, &c; and comp. Homer, Iliad, xxii. 63: "My bleeding infants dashed against the floor." Verse 9. - Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones; i.e. that brings on thee the worst calamities of war (see 2 Kings 8:12; Isaiah 12:16-18; Hosea 10:14; Hosea 13:16; Nahum 3:10).
Hebrew Blessed isאַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ (’aš·rê) Interjection Strong's 835: Happiness, interjection, how happy! he who seizes שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז (še·yō·ḥêz) Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession your infants עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ (‘ō·lā·la·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 5768: A suckling and dashes וְנִפֵּ֬ץ (wə·nip·pêṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5310: To dash to pieces, scatter them against אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the rocks. הַסָּֽלַע׃ (has·sā·la‘) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5553: A craggy rock Links Psalm 137:9 NIVPsalm 137:9 NLT Psalm 137:9 ESV Psalm 137:9 NASB Psalm 137:9 KJV Psalm 137:9 BibleApps.com Psalm 137:9 Biblia Paralela Psalm 137:9 Chinese Bible Psalm 137:9 French Bible Psalm 137:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 137:9 Happy shall he be who takes (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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