Longing for Zion in a Foreign Land
And those who aplundered us requested mirth,
Saying, “Sing us one of the songs of Zion!”
Let my atongue cling to the roof of my mouth—
If I do not exalt Jerusalem
Above my chief joy.
The day of Jerusalem,
Who said,1 “Raze it, raze it,
To its very foundation!”
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American Standard Version
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down, yea, we wept, When we remembered Zion.
Amplified® Bible
BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we [captives] sat down, yes, we wept when we [earnestly] remembered Zion [the city of our God imprinted on our hearts].
Contemporary English Version
Beside the rivers of Babylon we thought about Jerusalem, and we sat down and cried.
Darby English Version
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down; yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
Good News Bible
By the rivers of Babylon we sat down; there we wept when we remembered Zion.
King James Version
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
New American Standard Bible
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.
New International Version
By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept
when we remembered Zion.
New King James Version
By the rivers of Babylon,
There we sat down, yea, we wept
When we remembered Zion.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion.
Revised Standard Version
By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion.
Young's Literal Translation
By rivers of Babylon -- There we did sit, Yea, we wept when we remembered Zion.
New English Translation
By the rivers of Babylon we sit down and weep1 when we remember Zion.
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