Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Psalm 129:3 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The plowers plowed upon my back: They made long their furrows. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows. American Standard Version (1901) The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows. Common English Bible They plowed my back like farmers; they made their furrows deep. Catholic Public Domain Version If you, O Lord, were to heed iniquities, who, O Lord, could persevere? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If thou, O Lord, wilt mark iniquities: Lord, who shall stand it. |
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
As when one ploweth and cleaveth the earth, Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth.
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
and I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee; which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over: and thou hast laid thy back as the ground, and as the street, to them that go over.