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Psalms 137:4
By the Rivers of Babylon
3for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.” 4How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land? 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.
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Berean Standard Bible
How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?
American Standard Version (1901)
How shall we sing Jehovah’s song
In a foreign land?
Bible in Basic English
How may we give the Lord's song in a strange land?
Free Bible Version
But how could we sing a song dedicated to the Lord in a pagan land?
Geneva Bible 1599
Howe shall we sing, said we, a song of the Lord in a strange land?
King James (Authorized) Version
How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange land?
One Unity Resource Bible
How can we sing Adonai ’s song in a foreign land?
Translation for Translators
But we thought, “We are sad because we have been punished by Yahweh and brought to this foreign land,
so we cannot [RHQ] sing songs about Yahweh while we are here!”
Unlocked Literal Bible
How could we sing a song about Yahweh
in a foreign land?
Noah Webster Bible
How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?
World English Bible
How can we sing Yahweh’s song in a foreign land?
Young's Literal Translation
How do we sing the song of Jehovah, On the land of a stranger?