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 Domain
ASVPD

“The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 129:3 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 39:10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
  2. Psalms 141:7As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
  3. 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.
  4. 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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