Psalms 137:9
Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
*†Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHeb. the rocke.
- *Cross-referenceIsa.13.16
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- Isaiah 13:16Rank 1 from verse 9
- Hosea 13:16Rank 2 from verse 9
16Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
16Samaria shall become desolate, for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shalbe dashed in pieces, and their women with childe shalbe ript vp.
- Nahum 3:10Rank 3 from verse 9
10Yet was she carried away, she went into captivity: her young children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streets: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chains.
10Yet was she caried away, she went into captiuitie: her yong children also were dashed in pieces at the top of all the streetes: and they cast lots for her honourable men, and all her great men were bound in chaines.
- 2 Kings 8:12Rank 4 from verse 9
12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child.
12And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the euill that thou wilt doe vnto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip vp their women with childe.
- Hosea 10:14Rank 5 from verse 9
14Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces upon her children.
14*Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall bee spoiled, as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battell: the mother was dashed in pieces vpon her children.
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Psalms 137:9
Blessed, favoured, fortunate, or joyful.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Third-person singular present form of take: receives, seizes, carries, accepts, chooses, or lays hold of.
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Third-person singular present form of dash, meaning to strike or drive violently against something; to cause to collide, fall, break, or shatter in pieces.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. Pieces or masses of rock. 2. Strikes or kills with stones.
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8O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
8†††O 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.
9*†Happy shall he be that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
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