Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The plowers plowed upon my back. They made long their furrows.
New American Standard Bible
They lengthened their furrows.”
King James Version
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Holman Bible
they made their furrows long.
International Standard Version
Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds."
American Standard Version
The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
Amplified
“The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back;
They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”
Darby Translation
The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.
Julia Smith Translation
They ploughing, ploughed upon my back: they made long to their furrows
King James 2000
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Lexham Expanded Bible
On my back plowmen have plowed. They have made their furrows long."
Modern King James verseion
The plowers plowed on my back; they made their furrows long.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The plowers plowed upon my back, and made long furrows.
NET Bible
The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.
New Heart English Bible
The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
The Emphasized Bible
Upon my back, have ploughmen ploughed, They have lengthened their furrow!
Webster
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
World English Bible
The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.
Youngs Literal Translation
Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
References
Morish
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 129:3
Verse Info
Context Readings
Protection Of The Oppressed
2 Many a time they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me. 3 The plowers plowed upon my back. They made long their furrows. 4 LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 51:23
And I will put it into the hand of those who afflict thee, who have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over, and thou have laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to those who go over.
Psalm 141:7
Like plowing and furrowing the earth, our bones are scattered at the mouth of Sheol.