Psalms 129:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.”
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BSBPD
“The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Psalms 129:3 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 39:10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
- Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
- Isaiah 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Isaiah 51:23I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to be traversed.”
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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