Psalm 129:7
Modern Translations
New International Version
a reaper cannot fill his hands with it, nor one who gathers fill his arms.

New Living Translation
ignored by the harvester, despised by the binder.

English Standard Version
with which the reaper does not fill his hand nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

Berean Study Bible
unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

New American Standard Bible
With which the harvester does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his arms;

NASB 1995
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

NASB 1977
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Or the binder of sheaves his bosom;

Amplified Bible
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor the binder of sheaves his arms,

Christian Standard Bible
and can’t even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
and can't even fill the hands of the reaper or the arms of the one who binds sheaves.

Contemporary English Version
Don't let them be like wheat gathered in bundles.

Good News Translation
no one gathers it up or carries it away in bundles.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
It will never fill the barns of those who harvest or the arms of those who gather bundles.

International Standard Version
not enough to fill one's hand or to bundle in one's arms.

NET Bible
which cannot fill the reaper's hand, or the lap of the one who gathers the grain!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

New King James Version
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, Nor he who binds sheaves, his arms.

King James 2000 Bible
With which the reaper fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.

New Heart English Bible
with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

World English Bible
with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

American King James Version
With which the mower fills not his hand; nor he that binds sheaves his bosom.

American Standard Version
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

A Faithful Version
With which the reaper does not fill his hand, nor the binder of sheaves his bosom.

Darby Bible Translation
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom;

English Revised Version
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Webster's Bible Translation
With which the mower filleth not his hand; nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Whereof the mower filleth not his hand, neither the glainer his lap:

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Whereof the mower fylleth not his hande: neither he that byndeth vp the sheaues his armes full.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Wherof the mower fylleth not his hande, nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues, his bosome.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
That has not filled the hand of a reaper, "" And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

Young's Literal Translation
That hath not filled the hand of a reaper, And the bosom of a binder of sheaves.

Smith's Literal Translation
He harvesting filled not his hand; and he heaping together, not his arm.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand: nor he that gathereth sheaves his bosom.

Catholic Public Domain Version
with it, he who reaps does not fill his hand and he who gathers sheaves does not fill his bosom.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And the reaper does not fill his palm with it, neither does the sheave binder strip it.

Lamsa Bible
Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he who binds sheaves his bosom.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Wherewith the reaper filleth not his hand, Nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Wherewith the reaper fills not his hand, nor he that makes up the sheaves, his bosom.
















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