Psalm 137:1

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when we remembered Zion.r

Psalm 137:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

1 By the waters of Babylon,

there we sat down and wept,

when we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept,

When we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

1 Beside the rivers of Babylon, we sat and wept

as we thought of Jerusalem.

Psalm 137:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

1 By the rivers of Babylon,

There we sat down, yea, we wept

When we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

1 By the rivers in Babylon we sat and cried

when we remembered Jerusalem.

Psalm 137:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

1 By the rivers of Babylon,

There we sat down, yea, we wept,

When we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

1 By the rivers of Babylon, we sat down and cried

as we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

1 By the rivers of Babylon—

there we sat down and wept

when we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

1 By the rivers of Babylon—

there we sat down and there we wept

when we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

1 By the rivers of Babylon,

there we sat, yes, we wept,

when we remembered Zion.

Psalm 137:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

1 We were sitting by the rivers of Babylon.

We cried when we remembered what had happened to Zion.

Psalm 137:1 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

1 By the rivers of Babylon,

There we sat down and wept,

When we remembered Zion.

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