If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. Treasury of Scripture I forget Psalm 84:1,2,10 How amiable are your tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!... Psalm 102:13,14 You shall arise, and have mercy on Zion: for the time to favor her, yes, the set time, is come... Psalm 122:5-9 For there are set thrones of judgment, the thrones of the house of David... Nehemiah 1:2-4 That Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped... Nehemiah 2:2,3 Why the king said to me, Why is your countenance sad, seeing you are not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart... Isaiah 62:1,6,7 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest... Jeremiah 51:50 You that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. Daniel 6:10,11 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem... let my right Zechariah 11:17 Woe to the idol shepherd that leaves the flock! the sword shall be on his arm, and on his right eye: his arm shall be clean dried up...
Context By the Rivers of Babylon
1By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yes, we wept, when we remembered Zion. 2We hanged our harps on the willows in the middle thereof. 3For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. 4How shall we sing the LORD's song in a strange land? 5If I forget you, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6If I do not remember you, let my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Raze it, raze it, even to the foundation thereof. 8O daughter of Babylon, who are to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewards you as you have served us. 9Happy shall he be, that takes and dashes your little ones against the stones. Parallel Verses American Standard Version If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget her skill .
Douay-Rheims Bible If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand be forgotten.
Darby Bible Translation If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget its skill;
King James Bible If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
Young's Literal Translation If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, my right hand forgetteth!
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