Psalms 137:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

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Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Isa 24:8 : 8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the noise of them that rejoice endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth.
Ezek 26:13 : 13 And I will cause the noise of thy songs to cease; and the sound of thy harps shall be no more heard.
Amos 8:10 : 10 And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning for an only son, and the end thereof as a bitter day.
Rev 18:22 : 22 And the voice of harpers and minstrels and flute-players and trumpeters shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft, shall be found any more at all in thee; and the voice of a mill shall be heard no {G3361} more at all in thee;
Ps 33:2 : 2 Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
Ps 81:2 : 2 Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 137:1
89%
1By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
Ps 137:3-6
4 verses
84%
3For 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.
4How shall we sing Jehovah's song In a foreign land?
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill].
6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
Ps 126:1-4
4 verses
72%
1A Song of Ascents. When Jehovah brought back those that returned to Zion, We were like unto them that dream.
2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing: Then said they among the nations, Jehovah hath done great things for them.
3Jehovah hath done great things for us, [Whereof] we are glad.
4Turn again our captivity, O Jehovah, As the streams in the South.
Job 30:31
72%
31Therefore is my harp [turned] to mourning, And my pipe into the voice of them that weep.
Isa 15:7
71%
7Therefore the abundance they have gotten, and that which they have laid up, shall they carry away over the brook of the willows.
Lam 5:15-17
3 verses
70%
15The joy of our heart is ceased; Our dance is turned into mourning.
16The crown is fallen from our head: Woe unto us! for we have sinned.
17For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
Ps 92:3
70%
3With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp.
Lam 5:4-6
3 verses
69%
4We have drunken our water for money; Our wood is sold unto us.
5Our pursuers are upon our necks: We are weary, and have no rest.
6We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.
Ps 81:2
69%
2Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Ps 124:2-5
4 verses
69%
2If it had not been Jehovah who was on our side, When men rose up against us;
3Then they had swallowed us up alive, When their wrath was kindled against us;
4Then the waters had overwhelmed us, The stream had gone over our soul;
5Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.
Jer 9:18-19
2 verses
68%
18and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
Ps 2:3
68%
3Let us break their bonds asunder, And cast away their cords from us.
Ps 98:5
68%
5Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody.
Job 40:22
67%
22The lotus-trees cover him with their shade; The willows of the brook compass him about.
Ps 44:17
67%
17All this is come upon us; Yet have we not forgotten thee, Neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
Ps 33:2
67%
2Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
Ps 122:2
67%
2Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem,
Jer 8:14
67%
14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah.
Isa 16:9
66%
9Therefore I will weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah; I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for upon thy summer fruits and upon thy harvest the [battle] shout is fallen.
Neh 5:4
66%
4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute [upon] our fields and our vineyards.
Ps 44:19-20
2 verses
66%
19That thou hast sore broken us in the place of jackals, And covered us with the shadow of death.
20If we have forgotten the name of our God, Or spread forth our hands to a strange god;
Ps 104:12
66%
12By them the birds of the heavens have their habitation; They sing among the branches.
Ps 132:6-7
2 verses
66%
6Lo, we heard of it in Ephrathah: We found it in the field of the wood.
7We will go into his tabernacles; We will worship at his footstool.
Ps 124:7
66%
7Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: The snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Isa 64:11
66%
11Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned with fire; and all our pleasant places are laid waste.
Ezra 9:9
66%
9For we are bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended lovingkindness unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the ruins there, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Ps 80:6
66%
6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.
2 Chr 29:9
66%
9For, lo, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity for this.
Mic 2:4
66%
4In that day shall they take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, [and] say, We are utterly ruined: he changeth the portion of my people: how doth he remove [it] from me! to the rebellious he divideth our fields.
Amos 6:5
66%
5that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;
Ps 80:11
66%
11It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.
Neh 12:27
66%
27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
Isa 38:20
66%
20Jehovah is [ready] to save me: Therefore we will sing my songs with stringed instruments All the days of our life in the house of Jehovah.
Isa 9:10
66%
10The bricks are fallen, but we will build with hewn stone; the sycomores are cut down, but we will put cedars in their place.