Psalms 137:9
“Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.”
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Psalms 137:9 Context
7Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom, in the day of Ierusalem; who sayd, rase it, rase it: euen to the foundation thereof. 8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed: happy shall he be that rewardeth thee, as thou hast serued vs. 9Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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Happy [shall he be], that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
- King James Version
How blessed will be the one who seizes and dashes your little ones Against the rock.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Psalm 138 A `Psalm' of David.
- American Standard Version (1901)
Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.
- Basic English Bible
Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
- Darby Bible
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
- Webster's Bible
Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock. By David.
- World English Bible
O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!
- Youngs Literal Bible
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible