Psalms 137:8
Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, he will be happy who repays you, as you have done to us.This verse in the real world
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In what words
- גָּמַלgâmalto treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to rip
- אֶשֶׁרʼesherhappiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!
- שָׁדַדshâdadproperly, to be burly, i.e. (figuratively) powerful (passively, impregnable); by implicati
- שָׁלַםshâlamto be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; b
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
- בַּתbatha daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figu
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Rev 18:6, Isa 14:4–24, Jer 25:12–14, Isa 21:1, Isa 47:1–15, Rev 14:8–11, Isa 13:1–22, Jer 50:1–51:64