Psalms 137:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof.

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: King James VersionBest for: Original-language word studies

🎯 Translation Approach

Classic King James Version text presented with Strong's numbering to link English words to their underlying Hebrew and Greek terms. Prioritizes literal/formal correspondence while enabling original-language word study.

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Integrated Strong's numbering: Each English term is keyed to a Strong's number, enabling direct lookup of the underlying Hebrew or Greek word.
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Study-focused layout: Optimized for research and analysis, prioritizing lexical access over uninterrupted readability.
Concordance compatibility: Strong's numbers map to widely available concordances and lexicons for deeper study.

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Strong linkage to original Hebrew/Greek via Strong's numbers
High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
Widely recognized and referenced KJV text

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Archaic language can be difficult for modern readers
Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
Less suitable for public or devotional reading compared to modern translations

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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 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.
Rev 18:22 : 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;
Ps 33:2 : 2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Ps 81:2 : 2 Take{H8798)} a psalm, and bring{H8798)} 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
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84%
3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Ps 126:1-4
4 verses
72%
1A Song of degrees. When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.
2Then was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them.
3The LORD hath done great things for us; whereof we are glad.
4Turn again our captivity, O LORD, as the streams in the south.
Job 30:31
72%
31My harp also is turned to mourning, and my organ 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 to 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, that we have sinned!
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Ps 92:3
70%
3Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Lam 5:4-6
3 verses
69%
4We have drunken our water for money; our wood is sold unto us.
5Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest.
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Ps 81:2
69%
2Take{H8798)} a psalm, and bring{H8798)} hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Ps 124:2-5
4 verses
69%
2If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:
3Then they had swallowed us up quick, 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 spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
Ps 2:3
68%
3Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us.
Ps 98:5
68%
5Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
Job 40:22
67%
22The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Ps 44:17
67%
17All this is come{H8804)} upon us; yet have we not forgotten{H8804)} thee, neither have we dealt falsely{H8765)} in thy covenant.
Ps 33:2
67%
2Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Ps 122:2
67%
2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
Jer 8:14
67%
14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
Isa 16:9
66%
9Therefore I will bewail with the weeping of Jazer the vine of Sibmah: I will water thee with my tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for the shouting for thy summer fruits and for thy harvest is fallen.
Neh 5:4
66%
4There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
Ps 44:19-20
2 verses
66%
19Though thou hast sore broken{H8765)} us in the place of dragons, and covered{H8762)} us with the shadow of death.
20If we have forgotten{H8804)} the name of our God, or stretched out{H8799)} our hands to a strange{H8801)} god;
Ps 104:12
66%
12By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Ps 132:6-7
2 verses
66%
6Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah: we found it in the fields 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 up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.
Ezra 9:9
66%
9For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy 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 desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
Ps 80:6
66%
6Thou makest{H8799)} us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies{H8802)} laugh{H8799)} 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 one take up a parable against you, and lament with a doleful lamentation, and say, We be utterly spoiled: he hath changed the portion of my people: how hath he removed it from me! turning away he hath divided our fields.
Amos 6:5
66%
5That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
Ps 80:11
66%
11She sent out{H8762)} her boughs unto the sea, and her branches 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%
20The LORD was ready to save me: therefore we will sing my songs to the stringed instruments all the days of our life in the house of the LORD.
Isa 9:10
66%
10The bricks are fallen down, but we will build with hewn stones: the sycomores are cut down, but we will change them into cedars.