Psalm 137:3
required of us songs,
and our tormentors, mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
Psalm 137:3 — The New International Version (NIV)
3 for there our captors asked us for songs,
our tormentors demanded songs of joy;
they said, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
Psalm 137:3 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
3 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.
Psalm 137:3 — New Living Translation (NLT)
3 For our captors demanded a song from us.
Our tormentors insisted on a joyful hymn:
“Sing us one of those songs of Jerusalem!”
Psalm 137:3 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
3 For there those who carried us away captive asked of us a song,
And those who plundered us requested mirth,
Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
Psalm 137:3 — New Century Version (NCV)
3 Those who captured us asked us to sing;
our enemies wanted happy songs.
They said, “Sing us a song about Jerusalem!”
Psalm 137:3 — American Standard Version (ASV)
3 For there they that led us captive required of us songs,
And they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying,
Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Psalm 137:3 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
3 For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that made us wail required mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Psalm 137:3 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
3 It was there that those who had captured us demanded that we sing.
Those who guarded us wanted us to entertain them.
⸤They said,⸥ “Sing a song from Zion for us!”
Psalm 137:3 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
3 for our captors there asked us for songs,
and our tormentors, for rejoicing:
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”
Psalm 137:3 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 For there our captors
asked us for songs,
and our tormentors asked for mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
Psalm 137:3 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
3 For there our captors asked of us
words of a song,
and our tormentors asked of us jubilation,
“Sing for us from a song of Zion.”
Psalm 137:3 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
3 Those who held us as prisoners asked us to sing.
Those who enjoyed hurting us ordered us to sing joyful songs.
They said, “Sing one of the songs of Zion to us!”
Psalm 137:3 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
3 For there our captors demanded of us songs,
And our tormentors mirth, saying,
“Sing us one of the songs of Zion.”