King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.
Complete Jewish Bible:
We had hung up our lyres on the willows that were there,
Berean Standard Bible:
There on the willows we hung our harps,
American Standard Version:
Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
We hanged{H8518} our harps{H3658} upon the willows{H6155} in the midst{H8432} thereof.
Cross-References (KJV):
Isaiah 24:8
- The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Ezekiel 26:13
- And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
Psalms 81:2
- Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Amos 8:10
- And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an only [son], and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Psalms 33:2
- Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.
Revelation 18:22
- And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft [he be], shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;
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Commentary for Psalms 137:2
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H8518
There are 27 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תָּלָה
Transliteration: tâlâh
Pronunciation: taw-law'
Description: a primitive root; to suspend (especially to gibbet); hang (up). - Strong's Number: H3658
There are 41 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: כִּנּוֹר
Transliteration: kinnôwr
Pronunciation: kin-nore'
Description: from a unused root meaning to twang; a harp; harp. - Strong's Number: H6155
There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עָרָב
Transliteration: ʻârâb
Pronunciation: aw-rawb'
Description: from עָרַב; a willow (from the use of osiers as wattles); willow. - Strong's Number: H8432
There are 390 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: תָּוֶךְ
Transliteration: tâvek
Pronunciation: taw'-vek
Description: from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).