Psalms 137:3 — compare English translations
Compare translationsPsalms 137:3 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
כִּ֤י
kîy
H3588
that
שָׁ֨ם
shâm
H8033
there
שְֽׁאֵל֪וּנוּ
shâʼal
H7592
to ask
שׁוֹבֵ֡ינוּ
shâbâh
H7617
to capture
דִּבְרֵי
dâbâr
H1697
word
שִׁ֭יר
shîyr
H7892
song
וְתוֹלָלֵ֣ינוּ
tôwlâl
H8437
tormentor
שִׂמְחָ֑ה
simchâh
H8057
joy
שִׁ֥ירוּ
shîyr
H7891
to sing
לָ֝֗נוּ
מִשִּׁ֥יר
shîyr
H7892
song
צִיּֽוֹן
Tsîyôwn
H6726
Zion
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World English Bible Public Domain
For there, those who led us captive asked us for songs. Those who tormented us demanded songs of joy: "Sing us one of the songs of Zion!"
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King James Version Public Domain
For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
For there our captors requested of us words of a song, and our tormentors, joy: “Sing for us from a song of Zion.”
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).