Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

Holman Bible

Plowmen plowed over my back;
they made their furrows long.

International Standard Version

Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds."

A Conservative Version

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

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

Context Readings

Protection Of The Oppressed

2 Many times they have persecuted me from my youth up;
Yet they have not prevailed against me.
3 “The plowers plowed upon my back;
They lengthened their furrows.”
4 The Lord is righteous;
He has cut in two the cords of the wicked.


Cross References

Isaiah 51:23

“I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
Who have said to you, ‘Lie down that we may walk over you.’
You have even made your back like the ground
And like the street for those who walk over it.”

Psalm 141:7

As when one plows and breaks open the earth,
Our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

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