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Psalms Chapter 137 verse 9 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 137:9

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock. Psalm 138 A `Psalm' of David.
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BBE Psalms 137:9

Happy is the man who takes your little ones, crushing them against the rocks.
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DARBY Psalms 137:9

Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.
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KJV Psalms 137:9

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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WBT Psalms 137:9

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WEB Psalms 137:9

Happy shall he be, Who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.
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YLT Psalms 137:9

O the happiness of him who doth seize, And hath dashed thy sucklings on the rock!
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones; i.e. that brings on thee the worst calamities of war (see 2 Kings 8:12; Isaiah 12:16-18; Hosea 10:14; Hosea 13:16; Nahum 3:10).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Little ones.--Literally, sucklings.Stones.--Better, cliff or rock.For this feature of barbarous cruelty with which ancient war was cursed see 2Kings 8:12; Isaiah 13:16; Hosea 10:14, &c; and comp. Homer, Iliad, xxii. 63: "My bleeding infants dashed against the floor."