Psalm 129:3
Modern Translations
New International Version
Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.

New Living Translation
My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.

English Standard Version
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.”

Berean Study Bible
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

New American Standard Bible
“The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.”

NASB 1995
"The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows."

NASB 1977
“The plowers plowed upon my back; They lengthened their furrows.”

Amplified Bible
“The [enemies, like] plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows [of suffering] long [in Israel].”

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

Contemporary English Version
though my back is like a field that has just been plowed."

Good News Translation
They cut deep wounds in my back and made it like a plowed field.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They have plowed my back [like farmers plow fields]. They made long slashes [like furrows]."

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

NET Bible
The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

New King James Version
The plowers plowed on my back; They made their furrows long.”

King James 2000 Bible
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

New Heart English Bible
The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

World English Bible
The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

American King James Version
The plowers plowed on my back: they made long their furrows.

American Standard Version
The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

A Faithful Version
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made their furrows long."

Darby Bible Translation
The ploughers ploughed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

English Revised Version
The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows.

Webster's Bible Translation
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
The plowers plowed vpon my backe, and made long furrowes.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
The plowemen plowed vpon my backe: they made long forrowes.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
The plowers plowed vpo my backe, & made loge forowes.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Plowers have plowed over my back, "" They have made their furrows long.

Young's Literal Translation
Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.

Smith's Literal Translation
They ploughing, ploughed upon my back: they made long to their furrows.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

Catholic Public Domain Version
The sinners have made fabrications behind my back. They have prolonged their iniquity.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
The scourgers scourged upon my back and prolonged their affliction.

Lamsa Bible
They have scourged me upon my back; they have made long their oppression.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The sinners wrought upon my back: they prolonged their iniquity.
















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