Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. New Living Translation Happy is the one who takes your babies and smashes them against the rocks! English Standard Version Blessed shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock! Berean Standard Bible Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. King James Bible Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. New King James Version Happy the one who takes and dashes Your little ones against the rock! New American Standard Bible Blessed will be one who seizes and dashes your children Against the rock. NASB 1995 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. NASB 1977 How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. Legacy Standard Bible How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your infants Against the cliff. Amplified Bible How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock. Christian Standard Bible Happy is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rocks. Holman Christian Standard Bible Happy is he who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rocks. American Standard Version Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Contemporary English Version May the Lord bless everyone who beats your children against the rocks! English Revised Version Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock. GOD'S WORD® Translation Blessed is the one who grabs your little children and smashes them against a rock. Good News Translation who take your babies and smash them against a rock. International Standard Version How blessed will be the one who seizes your young children and pulverizes them against the cliff! Majority Standard Bible Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. NET Bible How blessed will be the one who grabs your babies and smashes them on a rock! New Heart English Bible Blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock. Webster's Bible Translation Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones. World English Bible Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionO the blessedness of him who seizes, and has dashed your sucklings on the rock! Young's Literal Translation O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock! Smith's Literal Translation Happy he taking hold and dashing in pieces thy children against the rock. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleBlessed be he that shall take and dash thy little ones against the rock. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible Blessed the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock. New Revised Standard Version Happy shall they be who take your little ones and dash them against the rock! Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBlessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the stones. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Blessed is he who will seize your infants and will dash the rocks! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Brenton Septuagint Translation Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context By the Rivers of Babylon…8O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us. 9Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks. Cross References Isaiah 13:16 Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. Hosea 13:16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open. Nahum 3:10 Yet she became an exile; she went into captivity. Her infants were dashed to pieces at the head of every street. They cast lots for her dignitaries, and all her nobles were bound in chains. Lamentations 2:20 Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? Lamentations 4:10 The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people. 2 Kings 8:12 “Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.” 2 Kings 15:16 At that time Menahem, starting from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in its vicinity, because they would not open their gates. So he attacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women. 1 Samuel 15:33 But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal. Jeremiah 51:20-23 “You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. / With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. / With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. ... Ezekiel 9:5-6 And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone! / Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple. Matthew 2:16-18 When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi. / Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: / “A voice is heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.” Revelation 18:6 Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup. Revelation 18:20-21 Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you saints and apostles and prophets, because God has pronounced for you His judgment against her. / Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a great millstone and cast it into the sea, saying: “With such violence the great city of Babylon will be cast down, never to be seen again. Luke 19:44 They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.” Matthew 18:6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea. Treasury of Scripture Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones. and dasheth Isaiah 13:16 Their children also shall be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses shall be spoiled, and their wives ravished. Hosea 10:14 Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Betharbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children. Hosea 13:16 Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. the stones. Jump to Previous Blessed Crushing Dashed Dashes Dasheth David Happiness Happy Infants Little Ones Psalm Rock Rocks Seize Seizes Stones SucklingsJump to Next Blessed Crushing Dashed Dashes Dasheth David Happiness Happy Infants Little Ones Psalm Rock Rocks Seize Seizes Stones SucklingsPsalm 137 1. The constancy of the Jews in captivity7. The prophet curses Edom and Babel Blessed is he The phrase "Blessed is he" in this context is a declaration of divine favor or approval. The Hebrew word for "blessed" is "אַשְׁרֵי" (ashrei), which conveys a sense of happiness or contentment that comes from being in alignment with God's will. In the broader biblical narrative, being "blessed" often implies receiving God's favor and protection. This phrase sets the tone for the verse, indicating that the actions described are seen as just or righteous within the context of divine justice. who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks Stones.--Better, cliff or rock. For this feature of barbarous cruelty with which ancient war was cursed see 2Kings 8:12; Isaiah 13:16; Hosea 10:14, &c; and comp. Homer, Iliad, xxii. 63: "My bleeding infants dashed against the floor." Verse 9. - Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones; i.e. that brings on thee the worst calamities of war (see 2 Kings 8:12; Isaiah 12:16-18; Hosea 10:14; Hosea 13:16; Nahum 3:10).
Hebrew Blessed isאַשְׁרֵ֤י ׀ (’aš·rê) Interjection Strong's 835: Happiness, interjection, how happy! he who seizes שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓ז (še·yō·ḥêz) Pronoun - relative | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 270: To grasp, take hold, take possession your infants עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְ (‘ō·lā·la·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular Strong's 5768: A suckling and dashes וְנִפֵּ֬ץ (wə·nip·pêṣ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5310: To dash to pieces, scatter them against אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the rocks. הַסָּֽלַע׃ (has·sā·la‘) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5553: A craggy rock Links Psalm 137:9 NIVPsalm 137:9 NLT Psalm 137:9 ESV Psalm 137:9 NASB Psalm 137:9 KJV Psalm 137:9 BibleApps.com Psalm 137:9 Biblia Paralela Psalm 137:9 Chinese Bible Psalm 137:9 French Bible Psalm 137:9 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 137:9 Happy shall he be who takes (Psalm Ps Psa.) |