King James Version

Psalms 137:9

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

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אַשְׁרֵ֤יashrehappyאֶשֶׁרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “happy”, the ordinary formH835happiness; only in masculine plural construction as interjection, how happy!blessed, happy.שֶׁיֹּאחֵ֓זsheyochezwho holdאָחַזparticle, relative, verb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “who hold”, an unfinished actionH270to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)[phrase] be affrighted, bar, (catch, lay, take) hold (back), come upon, fasten, handle, portion, (get, have or take) possess(-ion).וְנִפֵּ֬ץvenipetsand dashנָפַץconjunction, verb, piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and dash”, a completed action in a sequenceH5310to dash to pieces, or scatterbe beaten in sunder, break (in pieces), broken, dash (in pieces), cause to be discharged, dispersed, be overspread, scatter.אֶֽתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).עֹ֝לָלַ֗יִךְolalayikhbabeעוֹלֵלnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, feminine, singular — “babe”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5768a sucklingbabe, (young) child, infant, little one.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַסָּֽלַעhasalathe rockסֶלַעdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “the rock”, the ordinary formH5553a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress)(ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones Against the rock.

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

Happy shall he be, who takes and dashes your little ones against the rock.

Darby Translation

Happy he that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the rock.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine infants against the rock.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Μακάριος ὃς κρατήσει καὶ ἐδαφιεῖ τὰ νήπιά σου πρὸς τὴν πέτραν.