King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Complete Jewish Bible:
How can we sing a song about ADONAI here on foreign soil?
Berean Standard Bible:
How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
American Standard Version:
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song In a foreign land?
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
How shall we sing{H7891} the LORD'S{H3068} song{H7892} in a strange{H5236} land{H127}?
Cross-References (KJV):
Amos 8:3
- And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: [there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast [them] forth with silence.
Isaiah 22:12
- And in that day did the Lord GOD of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth:
Hosea 9:4
- They shall not offer wine [offerings] to the LORD, neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices [shall be] unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted: for their bread for their soul shall not come into the house of the LORD.
Lamentations 5:14
- The elders have ceased from the gate, the young men from their musick.
Lamentations 5:15
- The joy of our heart is ceased; our dance is turned into mourning.
Isaiah 49:21
- Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where [had] they [been]?
Ecclesiastes 3:4
- A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
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Commentary for Psalms 137:4
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H7891
There are 79 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שִׁיר
Transliteration: shîyr
Pronunciation: sheer
Description: or (the original form) שׁוּר; (1 Samuel 18:6), a primitive root (rather identical with שׁוּר through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing; behold (by mistake for שׁוּר), sing(-er, -ing man, -ing woman). - Strong's Number: H3068
There are 5521 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: יְהֹוָה
Transliteration: Yᵉhôvâh
Pronunciation: yeh-ho-vaw'
Description: from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה. - Strong's Number: H7892
There are 87 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: שִׁיר
Transliteration: shîyr
Pronunciation: sheer
Description: or feminine שִׁירָה; from שִׁיר; a song; abstractly, singing; musical(-ick), [idiom] sing(-er, -ing), song. - Strong's Number: H5236
There are 35 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: נֵכָר
Transliteration: nêkâr
Pronunciation: nay-kawr'
Description: ' from נָכַר; foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendom; alien, strange ([phrase] -er). - Strong's Number: H127
There are 372 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אֲדָמָה
Transliteration: ʼădâmâh
Pronunciation: ad-aw-maw'
Description: from אָדַם; soil (from its general redness); country, earth, ground, husband(-man) (-ry), land.