Psalm 137:9 - Revised Standard Version CI

⁹ Happy shall he be who takes your little ones and dashes them against the rock!

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the stones.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ Happy and blessed shall he be who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock!

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.

Common English Bible

⁹ A blessing on the one who seizes your children and smashes them against the rock!

Psalm 137:9 Cross References

2 Kings 8:12

And Hazael said, “Why does my lord weep?” He answered, “Because I know the evil that you will do to the people of Israel; you will set on fire their fortresses, and you will slay their young men with the sword, and dash in pieces their little ones, and rip up their women with child.”

Isaiah 13:16

Their infants will be dashed in pieces before their eyes; their houses will be plundered and their wives ravished.

Hosea 10:14

therefore the tumult of war shall arise among your people, and all your fortresses shall be destroyed, as Shalman destroyed Beth-arbel on the day of battle; mothers were dashed in pieces with their children.

Hosea 13:16

Samaria shall bear her guilt, because she has rebelled against her God; they shall fall by the sword, their little ones shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

Nahum 3:10

Yet she was carried away, she went into captivity; her little ones were dashed in pieces at the head of every street; for her honored men lots were cast, and all her great men were bound in chains.